Atlético and Cruzeiro football rivalry

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Atlético and Cruzeiro football rivalry (or Atlético versus Cruzeiro, RapoGalo, or Belo Horizonte Derby) is the name of the biggest "clássico" (derby) in the city of Belo Horizonte and in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The two clubs are widely known in there clássico's for their two mascots, Cruzeiro, the "raposa" (fox) and Atlético, the "galo" (rooster), (these mascots were created by cartoonist Fernando Pieruccetti, popularly known as Mangabeira) therefore the match is also known as RapoGalo. There rivalry began when the Mineirão was built and caused the old Atlético x América clássico to die down and gave way to the new Belo Horizonte derby.

[edit] Statistics

The history of this match-up is very controversial even on the statistics. Cruzeiro and Atlético both present different versions.

Atlético's version:

  • Number of matches : 447
  • Atlético victories : 184
  • Cruzeiro victories : 143
  • Draws : 120
  • Atlético goals : 635
  • Cruzeiro goals : 542

Cruzeiro's version:

  • Number of matches : 420
  • Atlético victories : 169
  • Cruzeiro victories: 138
  • Draws : 113
  • Atlético goals : 599
  • Cruzeiro goals: 524

The magazine Placar, which specializes in football, published on May 2005 a special edition on the big clássicos brasileiros and it used Cruzeiro's version.

  • Games played at the Mineirão : 207
  • Atlético victories : 69
  • Cruzeiro victories : 70
  • Cruzeiro goals : 227
  • Atlético goals : 223
  • Draws : 68

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