Copa Libertadores, Fluminense defeats Boca Juniors and wins the title for the first time in its history

Brazilian Fluminense won the South American Football Libertadores Cup for the first time in its history, beating Argentinian Boca Juniors 2-1 after extra time (regular time 1-1) on Sunday.

In the final match hosted by the famous Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Argentine Germán Cano and John Kennedy scored goals for Fluminense in the 36th and 99th minutes, and Peruvian Luis Advincula scored for Boca Juniors in the 72nd minute. 

The two teams completed the match with ten players after Kennedy was sent off with a second yellow card after scoring the second goal for crossing the sponsorship boards and celebrating with the fans in the stands in the 102nd minute, and Boca's Colombian defender Frank Fabra for directing a blow to the face of Fluminense captain Nino (105+7).

Fluminense kept the title in Brazil for the fifth time in a row, a series that no other country has achieved in 64 years in this tournament.

Fluminense had previously reached the Copa Libertadores final once, losing to the Ecuadorian League de Quito in 2008.

Fluminense, which guaranteed participation in the Club World Cup scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia next December, deprived the Argentine team of its seventh title and equaling the record of its compatriot Independiente.

Ronaldo wins the award for the most beautiful goal in the AFC Champions League

The captain of the Saudi Al-Nasr club, Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, won the award for the most beautiful goal in the third round of the AFC Champions League.

The goal scored by “Al-Don” with a “rocket” shot against Al-Duhail (4-3) was chosen as the best goal in the third round of the continental competition.

The official account of the AFC Champions League published a video of Ronaldo’s goal and commented on it: “By the votes of the fans, the 

legendary Cristiano Ronaldo’s missile is the most beautiful in the third round of the group stage.”

Al-Nasr leads Group E in the AFC Champions League, with the full score so far (9 points), followed by Persepolis of Iran (6 points), then Al-Duhail and Esteghlal Dushanbe of Tajikistan, each with one point.

It should be noted that Ronaldo has scored three goals so far in the current edition of the AFC Champions League.