Atlético and Cruzeiro football rivalry

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.

tatistics

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

Atlético's version:

Cruzeiro's version:

"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."

*Largest Atlético victory : 9 a 2 on November 27, 1927
*Largest Cruzeiro victory : 5 a 0 on April 27, 2008

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

*Last match : Atlético 3 x 4 Cruzeiro, on September 16, 2007

Largest attendance

*Atlético 0 x 1 Cruzeiro, 129,296, May 4, 1969
*Atlético 1 x 3 Cruzeiro, 122,534, November 9, 1977
*Atlético 1 x 0 Cruzeiro, 115,983, October 26, 1980
*Atlético 1 x 1 Cruzeiro, 112,919, November 8, 1981
*Atlético 1 x 2 Cruzeiro, 110,432, June 2, 1968
*Atlético 1 x 2 Cruzeiro, 109,363, December 15, 1974
*Atlético 2 x 1 Cruzeiro, 108,935, December 5, 1982
*Atlético 2 x 1 Cruzeiro, 106,155, August 2, 1970
*Atlético 2 x 0 Cruzeiro, 103,725, April 3, 1977
*Atlético 2 x 1 Cruzeiro, 101,404, April 25, 1976