Marcelo is now essentially the most embellished Real Madrid participant of all-time with 25 titles. (Credit: Twitter)
The Brazilian crew claimed its first title within the CONMEBOL South American membership competitors for the primary time in its historical past after beating Argentina’s Boca Juniors 2-1 in additional time.
Veteran Brazilian defender Marcelo hailed the Copa Libertadores title he received with boyhood membership Fluminense on Saturday as the largest of his profession, forward of the Champions League trophies he lifted with Real Madrid.
The Brazilian crew claimed its first title within the CONMEBOL South American membership competitors for the primary time in its historical past after beating Argentina’s Boca Juniors 2-1 in additional time.
✨ Marcelo wins Copa Libertadores with Fluminense… after turning into essentially the most embellished Real Madrid participant of all-time with 25 titles.Legend! pic.twitter.com/6shhsiABQu
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 4, 2023
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The 35-12 months-outdated defender received not solely the Champions League 5 instances in his 16 seasons with Real Madrid but in addition six LaLiga titles, 5 Spanish Super Cups, 4 Club World Cups, three European Super Cups and two Copa del Rey trophies.
In all, he has been on the profitable facet in 18 of the 21 membership-stage finals he has performed in.
Marcelo, who began Saturday’s closing and was substituted at half-time, returned to his boyhood membership in February after a spell with Greek facet Olympiakos following his departure from the Spanish giants.
“Real Madrid will understand. It’s my most important title, at club level, because it’s the club that raised me,” Marcelo informed ESPN.
️ Champions League or the Copa #LibertadoresMarcelo: “Real Madrid will understand, this title is the most important because Fluminense is the club that raised me. Madrid know that it is always in my heart.” pic.twitter.com/kbr93wTTHR
— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) November 4, 2023
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“I’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’s nothing more rewarding than that. It’s priceless,” he added.
Winning the Copa Libertadores in addition to the Champions League means Marcelo has joined a bunch of 15 gamers together with Ronaldinho, Neymar and Julian Alvarez to beat each intercontinental membership tournaments.
“I owed a debt to Fluminense. It was written (that we would win the championship),” he stated.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
