{"id":530288,"date":"2026-03-10T04:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530288\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:37:09","slug":"atletico-mineiro-vs-cruzeiro-23-red-cards-in-massive-brawl-campeonato-mineiro-final-video-highlights-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530288\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Mineiro vs Cruzeiro, 23 red cards in massive brawl, Campeonato Mineiro final, video, highlights, news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Brazil attacker Hulk was one of a record 23 players sent off on Sunday after a mass brawl as his Atletico Mineiro side lost 1-0 to Cruzeiro in the Campeonato Mineiro league final. <\/p>\n<p>Seconds before the final whistle, referee Matheus Candancan showed 39-year-old Hulk and 10 of his teammates red cards, as well as 12 Cruzeiro players, as tempers flared with punches being thrown and individuals being kicked. <\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest football news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=FootballArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The incident in the 96th minute, with 30 seconds remaining in stoppage time, was sparked after an altercation between Mineiro goalkeeper Everson and opposition attacker Christian. Christian rugby-tackled Everson before the keeper pinned his opponent to the ground with his knee.<\/p>\n<p>According to a specialist website, the previous Brazilian record of 22 red cards was set in 1954.<\/p>\n<p>In footage circulating social media, Hulk appears to attempt to punch one of his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI apologise to everyone who was at the stadium, to those who watched on TV and especially to the children who see football as an inspiration,\u201d Hulk said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we saw is not the example we want to set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Porto striker added: \u201cIt\u2019s regrettable. We cannot set that example because it ends up having repercussions all around the world. We have a responsibility to safeguard our image and the image of the institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world record for red cards was set in 2011 in fifth division Argentine game went 36 people were sent off. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course we didn\u2019t want the match to end like that, given the spectacle it was, but I couldn\u2019t leave my teammates in trouble and just stand there,\u201d Cruzeiro striker Kaio Jorge said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to defend my teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Brazil attacker Hulk was one of a record 23 players sent off on Sunday after a mass&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-530288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}