Article: Fluminense beats Boca Juniors 3-1

Fluminense beats Boca Juniors 3-1

BRASILIA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- In early hours of Thursday, the Brazilian soccer club of Fluminense came from behind to defeat the powerhouse of Boca Juniors.

The Argentinean team had won the tournament six times, but this tradition did not intimidate Fluminense in front of their home crowd in the Maracana stadium. Fluminense scored all three of their goals in the second half, wining by a score of 3-1.

Boca Juniors scored first, with their only goal of the game coming off the head of Palermo.

In a timed pass over the head of the Fluminense fullbacks, Palmero received the ball near the end of the field and headed the ball in-between the goalkeeper and the ...

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