Brazilian club Fluminense on Saturday won the Copa Libertadores beating Boca Juniors in an enthralling encounter. The game stretched beyond the 90 minutes, with Fluminense scoring the winning goal in extra time. Brazilian left-back Marcelo, who joined his boyhood club after leaving Real Madrid, added yet another continental trophy to his collection.
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Marcelo has won a host of trophies for Real Madrid but the tension of the final got to him. He was seen crying after Fluminense scored what would turn out to be the winning goal in extra time.
“Real Madrid will understand. It’s my most important title, at club level, because it’s the club that raised me,” Marcelo said after the match.
Talking about the match, veteran forward German Cano opened the scoring for the Brazilians in the first half. He sweeped home a first-time shot.
Luis Advincula equalised with a stunning strike from distance to take the game to extra time.
In the added period, substitute John Kennedy powered in the winner before he was sent off after a second booking.
The Brazilian forward, already on a yellow card, raced off to celebrate the historic strike in the crowd and was dismissed on his return to the pitch.
That left Fluminense needing to hold on with 10 men against six-time champions Boca Juniors, but the Argentines were also then reduced in number when Frank Fabra was dismissed for slapping Nino.
It added up to a feisty end to a game that had been simmering for a while before Fluminense’s extra-time winner.
The Brazilian side will now play in the Club World Cup in December in Saudi Arabia alongside Premier League and European champions Manchester City.
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