What On Earth Is Going On At Cruzeiro?

Cruzeiro are one of the most successful clubs in Brazil, and in South America, having won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A four times, the Copa do Brasil a record six times, and the Copa Libertadores twice.

The club from Belo Horizonte were crowned champions of Brazilian football / soccer in both 2013 and 2014, and won the Copa do Brasil as recently as 2018, yet they suffered their first relegation in 2019, and are now at threat of dropping down into the third tier.

Now managed by World Cup winning boss Luiz Felipe Scolari, in this documentary video, HITC Sevens takes a look at the rise and fall of Cruzeiro, and how their sudden decline has come about.

[allendepresidente]

Germany: i have one team
Spain: we have 2
Italy: we do have a big 4
England: big four pfff we have at least six contenders
Brazil: hold my beer... *big 12*

[TacticalManager]

Corruption man, I am Brazilian and its crazy what they have done to such a great club.
Hopefully Scolari helps then now at the field.

[joaopedrokmk]

For those who didn't get how serious this is. They tried to hire a guy from a traditional religion in Brazil to bless the stadium and the pre match locker room, but they couldn't pay him and created a debt with him. Fans then organized themselves to raise money and quit this debt.

[dsaulgoodman]

Two docs in a row. Christmas has come early, my friends.

[tyronecl]

As a brazilian I think its awesome when you talk about our football, it just feels great to still be recognized in spite of the level that we are compared to Europe

[ztrsfgaming]

Unbelievable. I didn’t know that a Brazilian giant like Cruzeiro are struggling to survive in the second tier of Brazilian football. Impressive!

[kp]

What's up Zezé, good morning, dude

[Dannyt]

Was in Belo the day they got relegated. Half the city were depressed, the other half celebrating like they'd won the league

[paulomagalhaes]

That match that relegated Cruzeiro was unforgettable, for about 10 minutes we were watching a game with shots being fired in the background

[nleak]

I love these documentaries, especially about clubs that you I normally wouldn't take an interest in, Alfie you are really doing gods work, keep it up

[gabrielmarconcini]

Just a correction, the three titles between 2017 an 2018 are 2 Copa do Brasil and 1 Campeonato Mineiro, instead of 2 Campeonato Mineiro, been the only club to win two Copa do Brasil in a row, making even worse what happened in 2019.

But fantastic video, best football channel on youtube

[MatheusSilva-rlfm]

I'm a Cruzeiro fan since I was born I've been to many games and loved the club my whole life. It's very sad what happened to such a giant club in such a short period of time. The team was criminally run by Wagner and especially Itair (which bankrupted another team, Ipatinga FC from my home town). Now the team is deeply in debt and it seems unlikely to be able to gain promotion this year. We are slowly gaining some confidence that we will eventually return to the top tier, now with Felipão in charge and the new president has been able to make some very good deals for us. We are down but we are not out and hopefully we'll come back stronger!

[LuisSilva-mcsm]

the amount of corruption in brazilian football is just ridiculous

also love your videos on brazilian football Alfie, keep up the good work mate

[CamilaCastilhosM]

I love the way you pronounce words in portuguese, hahaha. On a serious note, great work here, Cruzeiro has been a bit better now in Serie B with Felipão Scolari but their situation is tough. Something similar happened to my club, Internacional, just a few years back. Corruption in brazilian football is killing the sport.

[TheBrunoforce]

Love this southamerican content and would love to see some River Plate academy graduates around the world video or history or something like that!

[jamesirving]

Cruziero won there game against botafogo SP 1-0. They play again today (9/11/20) against Guarani who sit 14th, 1 place and 1 point above Cruzeiro.
And as a fun fact, leaders of the Serie B is Chspecoense. 5 points clear after playing 20 of 38 games.
Edit: Also it’s Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Birthday today

[juliocezar]

Loved the video, also in the late 90's Fluminense was relegated to 3rd division and played, but in a big scandal of competition organization, skipped 2rd tier and got back to elite in the following year.
That could make a great video, need more research of course haha

[anselmo]

Funny fact: Fabio, Cruzeiro‘s club legend and 1st choice keeper in the 2019 fatidic season, is the keeper who conceded the most goals against Rogerio Ceni, one of the 4 coaches that mananged that club on that season, while he was still a professional footballer. Fabio conceded 7 goals against his former coach while, curiously, Ceni was also a goalkeeper.

[brunotoledo]

Eu sei que você está procurando um comentário em português. Parabéns, você encontrou!

[tomveloso]

Even being an Atlético Mineiro fan and enjoying taking the piss off Cruzeiro supporters, i hope they get better(but not too much) so the rivalry can continue, Thanks for making this video alfie