74 goals is the record tally on which Cruzeiro have built their first Brazilian title-winning campaign in a decade, and maintained the club’s high-scoring reputation. Since the Brasileiro became a 20-team division in 2006, only one team had ever managed to score more than 68 goals in a single season: Cruzeiro themselves, with 73 in 2007. On that occasion, defensive weaknesses led to the Belo Horizonte outfit finishing fifth, but there were no such problems on this occasion, with fewer goals conceded than closest challengers Gremio, who are also 34 worse off in the goals for column. Cruzeiro were able to clinch the title with four games to spare and, with 75 points already to their name, have three matches still remaining in which to snatch away Sao Paulo’s 20-team Brasileiro record of 78. The championship is the club’s first since 2003 and second overall since the national league’s 1971 inception. It also caps a memorable year for Mineiro football, coming in the wake of Atletico Mineiro’s Copa Libertadores triumph, and is the first time that two clubs from the region have won Brazil and South America’s top prizes in the same year.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:08:14 +0000
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