Hulk ends the goal drought for Atletico MG and sets a new historical mark for the club; Find out which | Sports mg

End of fasting with guaranteed recording. On the day that ended this season’s goalscoring drought, Hulk recorded another historic achievement in a club shirt. Atletico-MG. The feat was achieved on Tuesday, with a 4-0 defeat to Caracas FIN, in the final round of the Conmebol Libertadores group stage.

Hulk went nine games without scoring this season. If it goes unnoticed again, it will equal Gallo’s largest fast, recorded in 2021. It was not easy to end the drought by crushing the Venezuelans.

The goal came on the last play of the match to close the score. Before that, the contributing striker was always an active part of the attack, stopping at the opposition goalkeeper and the post, before finally finding the back of the net. The player was angry at the missed opportunities, and even kicked a billboard and celebrated with the “Get Out” sign.

– When you win, when the team is in good shape, it doesn’t bother you. Because football is a team sport. Of course we want to score, but I was involved in assists, and I was involved in scoring goals as well. So the most important thing was to win, and that’s what we said today, we were coming from two defeats, so today we had to win and win well.

“So, from the beginning, we wanted to go for the goal. It was four, it could have been five, six, seven, eight, whatever. But what matters is everyone’s dedication and the great work we did today.”

With Tuesday’s goal, the number 7 isolated himself as Atletico’s top scorer in international competitions: 16 balls into the net in Gallo’s official international matches, all valid for the Copa Libertadores. He was tied with Guilherme Alves, who scored 15 goals between 1999 and 2003.

Guilherme’s goals are divided into three competitions: Libertadores (9), Copa Mercosul (5) and Copa Sudamericana (1). The top five are completed by Paulinho (12 goals), Joe (11 goals), Diego Tardelli (9 goals) and Valdir Bigodi (9 goals).

The best scorers in international gallo competitions

1. Hulk – 16 goals
2. Guilherme Alves – 15 goals
3. Paulinho – 12 goals
4. Joe – 11 goals
5. Tardelli and Valdir Bigodi – 9 goals

For Atletico, Conmebol Libertadores is the big dream that the Hulk Expo is missing. In three years, he lifted seven cups: Brasil (2021), Copa do Brasil (2021), Brazilian Super Cup (2022) and Mineiro (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).

• 2021 – 68 matches / 36 goals / 12 assists
• 2022 – 46 matches / 29 goals / 5 assists
• 2023 – 59 matches / 30 goals / 14 assists
• 2024 – 21 matches / 8 goals / 6 assists

The 13th continental competition

Hulk is participating in his 13th consecutive competition in a continental competition. In the calculations, there are five Champions Leagues, four Asian Leagues and four CONMEBOL Libertadores.

• Champions League: 56 matches and scored 20 goals with an average of 0.35
• Asian League: 31 matches and scored 20 goals with an average of 0.64
• Editors: 38 matches and scored 16 goals with an average of 0.42