Prior to the inception of official international competitions between football clubs, Atlético Mineiro was the first team in Minas Gerais to play against a foreign team defeating Portugal's Vitória de Setúbal in Belo Horizonte in 1929. Over the following decades, the club played friendlies against foreign sides, including national teams, and in 1950 went on its first European tour, during which it played ten games in five countries. Having taken place soon after the traumatic Maracanazo, the tour and Atlético's results, many of which were achieved in adverse weather, including snow, were seen by national sports media as a historic achievement for Brazilian football itself.