After drawing with Alianza FC, Cruzeiro fans set fire to a Ronaldo flag

These are difficult days for Cruzeiro. The team just lost the final State Championship with Atlético Mineiro. And Thursday night they were up 3-0 in the first half FC Alliance Of South American Cupbut the Colombian team reacted and, beyond all expectations, equalized in the second half.

This sparked the anger of some of his fans, who decided to set fire to the flag of one of their idols and now owner of the club, Ronaldo Nazario. With the Foxthe former real Madrid He played 47 games and scored 44 goals. However, from 2021 he began to occupy another role in the club when he became the majority shareholder.

Cruzeiro, a team that was once one of the greatest in America, is experiencing very turbulent times. In 2019 he had the misfortune of go down to Serie B and it took him three years to return to the top of Brazilian football. Due to an economic and institutional crisis, he had to wait until end of 2022 for the return to the First Division, the purchase by Ronaldo is involved.

“I have a lot to give back to Cruzeiro and I want to take it to where it should be“He said Whim when he became head of the Belo Horizonte team. Ronaldo also owns the Real Valladolid of Spainobtained the majority of shares in 2018. The Spanish team is in fourth place in the Spanish second division.

Upon his return to A series, the team struggled to get back to what it once was, but finished the tournament in 14th place with 38 points and qualified for this year’s Copa Sudamericano. While for the Brazilian Cup he was eliminated in the 16th round and in Mining Championship lost in the semifinals.

The current coach Fernando Seabra, is not experiencing his best moment because in the last five games he has accumulated only one win and four draws. Even the fans vented all their anger on the goalkeeper. Raffaele Cabralwho had a lot of responsibility in the second goal of the Colombian team.

“Myself whistles don’t affect me, but at the same time I’m here to help you. If at any time I feel that I might cause harm, I’m leaving, no problem.. The management and the coach are there to resolve and decide”, said the goalkeeper at the end of the match.

On the opposite sidewalk, FC Alliance became the first Colombian team in the entire history of CONMEBOL scoring three goals to return in a match in Brazil. Today Cruzeiro is third in a group that it shares, in addition to the Colombian team, with Catholic University from Ecuador, La Calera Union From Chile.

They are in third place with two points because they drew 0-0 with U.S. Católica made their debut and yesterday they drew again, but at home. If the group stage ended today, they would not qualify for the next stage. For the third appointment he will travel to Chile on April 24th.