PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) – Gremio beat Atletico Mineiro 4-3 in an exciting match on Thursday but the win was not sufficient to save them from relegation to Brazil’s Serie B after a disastrous season that sealed their drop to the second tier for the third time of their historical past.
Gremio, who have been additionally relegated after the 1991 and 2004 season, misplaced 19 of their 38 video games and spent nearly the whole yr within the relegation zone.
They can be joined within the second division by Chapecoense, Sport and Bahia, whose relegation was confirmed after a 2-1 defeat by Fortaleza on a remaining night time of the season through which all 10 remaining matches have been performed concurrently.
Gremio began with an urgency not often seen this season and have been 3-0 up in simply 20 minutes thanks to a brace from Diego Souza and one other from Jaminton Campaz.
However, Atletico, who rested a lot of their common first-choice gamers for Sunday’s first leg of the Copa do Brasil towards Athletico Paranaense, obtained two targets again earlier than half time by Dodo and Eduardo Vargas.
Douglas Costa made it 4-2 within the 59th minute with a volleyed end and Miguel Borja missed the prospect to make it 5 when he missed a penalty 5 minutes from time.
Hyoran scored a 3rd for Atletico within the remaining minute of the match but it was Gremio who took all three factors.
(Reporting by Andrew Downie in London; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
