Libertadores win means greater than Champions Leagues – Marcelo

Marcelo has mentioned that successful the Copa Libertadores with Fluminense is extra “essential” to him than any of the 5 Champions League trophies he received with Actual Madrid after the Brazilian membership’s win over Boca Juniors on Saturday. The left-back performed 80 minutes for Fluminense — the membership he left for Madrid as an adolescent in 2007, earlier than rejoining earlier this 12 months — within the 2-1 extra-time victory on the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, extra (U.S.) Substitute John Kennedy scored the winner within the 99th minute — after Luis Advincula had levelled for Boca following German Cano’s opener — earlier than being despatched off two minutes later. Marcelo holds the report for the participant with most trophies received for Actual Madrid, with 25 over 15 years, however talking to ESPN after the ultimate he mentioned none matched lifting the Libertadores along with his boyhood membership. “Actual Madrid will perceive,” he mentioned. “It is my most essential trophy, at membership degree, as a result of it is the membership that raised me. Actual is aware of it is at all times in my coronary heart. It is arduous to say. It is a double pleasure.” Marcelo left Madrid on a free switch in the summertime of 2022 after successful his fifth Champions League trophy towards Liverpool in Paris. His 25-trophy haul included 5 Champions Leagues, 4 Membership World Cups, three UEFA Tremendous Cups, six LaLiga titles, two Copas del Reys and 5 Spanish Supercopas. He joined Olympiakos in Greece on a free switch in September 2022 however made simply 10 appearances for the membership earlier than terminating his contract 5 months later, and rejoining Fluminense in February 2023. “I had a debt with Fluminense,” he instructed Globo. It was meant to be… I labored arduous, lots of people criticized me. But it surely goes in a single ear and comes out the opposite. Right this moment, Fluminense are Libertadores champions.”