{"id":293156,"date":"2023-11-05T11:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=293156"},"modified":"2023-11-05T11:25:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:25:01","slug":"marcelo-copa-libertadores-glory-means-more-than-my-champions-leagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/marcelo-copa-libertadores-glory-means-more-than-my-champions-leagues\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcelo: Copa Libertadores glory means more than my Champions Leagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Marcelo reveals Copa Libertadores success with his boyhood club Fluminense means more to him than his five Champions League titles with Real Madrid as he moves into the top 10 players for international players<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Marcelo says Fluminense&#8217;s win is bigger than European glory with Real Madrid<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>His side won the Copa Libertadores after a feisty 2-1 win over Boca Juniors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Marcelo called Fluminense&#8217;s success in the Copa Libertadores final on Saturday the biggest title of his career, ahead of Real Madrid&#8217;s Champions League wins.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rio de Janeiro-based Fluminense, Marcelo&#8217;s boyhood team, claimed its\u00a0first title in the CONMEBOL South American club competition after a feisty 2-1 win over Argentina&#8217;s Boca Juniors after extra time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian left-back, 35, won five Champions League titles with Real Madrid during a distinguished 15-year career with the Spanish giants, but revealed that this one meant more because of his boyhood attachment to Fluminense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marcelo told ESPN: &#8216;Real Madrid will understand. It&#8217;s my most important title, at club level, because it&#8217;s the club that raised me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m winning a very important title with my favourite club, the club that gave me all the tools to have my career, with the employees who saw me grow up. There&#8217;s nothing more rewarding than that. It&#8217;s priceless.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/09\/77413677-12712307-Marcelo_of_Brazil_s_Fluminense_celebrates_his_team_s_opening_goa-a-1_1699177717525.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marcelo called Fluminense&#8217;s success in the Copa Libertadores final his biggest ever title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/09\/77413687-12712307-Players_of_Brazil_s_Fluminense_celebrate_with_the_trophy_after_w-a-2_1699177752412.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marcelo&#8217;s boyhood club beat Boca Juniors 2-1 after extra time in a feisty final held in Brazil\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/09\/77420389-12712307-image-a-8_1699178042125.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He said it meant more to him than the five Champions League titles he won with Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I owed a debt to Fluminense. It was written [that we would win the trophy]. There&#8217;s nothing else to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Many people criticised us, but today Fluminense is the Copa Libertadores champion. &#8230; Earlier I was crying, I was nervous, but now it is all about happiness.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marcelo started as a youth player at Fluminense in 2002 before breaking into the first team.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, he moved to Real Madrid, where across a decade and a half, he won five Champions League trophies, six LaLiga titles, five Spanish Super Cups, four Club World Cups, three European Super Cups and two Copa del Rey trophies.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Spain last year, he had a spell with Greek side Olympiacos, before returning to his boyhood club in Rio in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marcelo started Saturday&#8217;s final, and was substituted at half-time when Fluminense were 1-0 up courtesy of German Cano&#8217;s 36th minute goal.<\/p>\n<p>Boca Juniors&#8217; Luis Advincula equalised 18 minutes from time to send the game to extra time.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute John Kennedy hit a superb volleyed strike to put the Brazilian side ahead &#8211; only to receive a second booking for celebrating with the crowd, reducing Fluminense to ten men.<\/p>\n<p>As Boca Juniors looked to get back level with a man advantage, Frank Fabra was also shown a red card after a VAR review confirmed he slapped a player.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/00\/wire-77413667-1699144414-443_634x422.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sub John Kennedy hit a superb volleyed strike to put the Brazilian side ahead in extra time\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/09\/77420385-12712307-image-a-9_1699178300710.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marcelo is now one of just 15 players to win both of the international club tournaments<\/p>\n<p>Fluminense held on, which means<span>\u00a0Marcelo has joined a group of just 15 players to conquer both intercontinental club tournaments, alongside Ronaldinho, Neymar and Julian Alvarez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is the 13th international title Marcelo has won in his illustrious career, moving him joint eighth in the list of players with the most global titles, level with Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cafu and Toni Kroos top the list with 17 each, ahead of four players on 15, and Luka Modric on 14.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brazilian clubs have now won the last five editions of the Copa Libertadores, with Flamengo prevailing in 2019 and 2022, and Palmeiras earning back-to-back titles in 2020 and 2021.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12712307\/Marcelo-reveals-Copa-Libertadores-success-boyhood-club-Fluminense-means-five-Champions-League-titles-Real-Madrid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcelo reveals Copa Libertadores success with his boyhood club Fluminense means more to him than his five Champions League titles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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