FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Atletico Mineiro v Fluminense - Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - November 28, 2021 Atletico Mineiro's Hulk celebrates after the match REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
(Reuters) -Atletico Mineiro beat Bahia 3-2 on Thursday to win their first Brazilian league title in 50 years and send large sections of Belo Horizonte into wild celebrations.
Away from home, Atletico were 2-0 down after 66 minutes but scored three times in the last 17 minutes, the last two from winger Keno, to give them an unassailable 11-point advantage at the top of the Serie A with their closest rivals having three matches to play.
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