A Brazilian team crowned the league title after an absence of 50 years thanks to Hulk and Diego Costa (photos)
Atlético Mineiro celebrates the Brazilian League title.
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Spanish-Brazilian Diego Costa.
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Veteran Hulk is one of the stars of the team.
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Atlético Mineiro won the Brazilian Football League title for the first time in 50 years, by defeating Bahia 3-2 at dawn today (UAE time) in a match postponed from the thirty-second stage.
Mineiro won his second title in the Premier League, after he won in 1971, two stages before the end of the season, by raising his score to 81 points in the lead, 9 points behind his pursuit, Flamengo, who abdicated the throne after winning the title in the past two seasons.
After the start of a difficult season, coach Alexi Stefal's team, led by players such as veteran Hulk and Spanish-Brazilian origin, Diego Costa, succeeded in imposing his dominance on the league starting from the fifteenth stage, reaching the title and dealing another blow to Flamengo, who lost last Saturday in the final match of the Copa Libertadores for clubs. South America against his compatriot Palmeiras, which led on Monday to the departure of coach Renato Portaluppi, who arrived in the team last summer.
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