At Mineirão, Cruzeiro beat Boca Juniors 1-0 this Tuesday (28), in the third round of the 2026 Conmebol Libertadores group stage.
Highlights coming up shortly
The opening half was the classic Libertadores “Brazil vs. Argentina” clash.
That is, plenty of hard challenges, confusion and, as a result, plenty of cards (six) handed out by the referee.
In fact, with no major real scoring chances, the moment of greatest “excitement” for the home fans in the stadium was Bareiro’s red card, deep into stoppage time, for leaving his arm in Christian’s face.
Even with a numerical advantage on the pitch (11 vs. 10), Cruzeiro still could not break through the Argentine side’s strong marking.
Fabrício Bruno threatened when he headed on Matheus Pereira’s corner, but the defender missed the target.
Arroyo also got the Cruzeiro fans on their feet when he tried his luck from outside the box and shaved the post.
After so much persistence down the right flank, Cruzeiro found the goal when Matheus Pereira played a great pass into the box for Kaio Jorge, who sent in a low cross for Villarreal, alone in the six-yard box, to simply tap it into the back of the net.
🚦 Standings
With the result, Cruzeiro reached six points and moved to the top of Group D.
After suffering their first defeat in the continental tournament, Boca Juniors remained on six points and dropped to second place.
Universidad Católica (three points) and Barcelona de Guayaquil (zero), who face each other this Wednesday (29), complete the group.
Raposa still have matches against Universidad Católica (05/06 – away), Boca Jrs (05/19 – away) and Barcelona de Guayaquil (05/28 – home).
In the Brasileirão, Cruzeiro return to action next Saturday (2), when they face Atlético-MG in the derby at Mineirão, in the 14th round.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
