Fortaleza beat Atlético-MG, just a point off Santos in Brasileirão | OneFootball

On Sunday night, Fortaleza defeated Atlético-MG 1-0 at Arena Castelão, in the 36th round of the Brazilian Championship. With the victory, Leão do Pici is now just one point behind Santos and Internacional, who are still fighting against relegation.

Standings Situation

Fortaleza is in 18th place with 40 points, one behind Colorado (17th) and Peixe (16th), the first team outside the relegation zone. On the other hand, Atlético-MG misses the chance to climb the table and remains in 13th place with 45 points.

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📋 Match Summary

🔵 FORTALEZA 1 x 0 ATLÉTICO-MG ⚫

🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship 🏟️ Venue: Arena Castelão, in Fortaleza (CE) 📅 Date: November 30, 2025 (Wednesday) ⏰ Time: 6:30 PM (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow Cards:  (Fortaleza); Júnior Alonso (Atlético-MG) 🟥 Red Cards: None

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Goals

🔵Fortaleza

Brenno; Mancuso, Brítez, Avila and Diogo Barbosa; Herrera (Pikachu), Pierre (Matheus Pereira), Sasha and Pochettino (Moisés); Bareiro (Deyverson) and Breno Lopes (Crispim). Coach: Martín Palermo

⚫ Atlético-MG

Éverson; Ruan Tressoldi (Saravia), Vitor Hugo and Júnior Alonso; Alan Franco, Igor Gomes, Alexander (Scarpa) and Arana (Cadu); Bernard (Menino), Dudu and Hulk (Biel). Coach: Jorge Sampaoli

How the match went

Fortaleza started better and pressured Galo in the opening minutes. The first good chance of the game came with Breno Lopes, who shot for Éverson to make the save and, on the rebound, shot again but hit the post. The Tricolor kept pressing and had good chances, but couldn’t convert.

Then, at 41 minutes, Diogo Barbosa reached the byline and crossed to Bareiro, who set it up with a backheel for Pochettino to strike firmly from inside the box and put Fortaleza ahead. Three minutes later, Atlético-MG tried to respond and Ruan Tressoldi managed a shot in the opponent’s box, but was stopped by goalkeeper Brenno.

In the second half, the game became scrappy and both teams had few chances to score. Galo’s best opportunities came from long-range shots by Bernard and Biel, which were stopped by Brenno. On the other side, in the 34th minute, Moisés broke away on a counterattack and found himself one-on-one with Éverson, but took too long to set up the shot and was dispossessed.

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