he global audience that accompanied South American club football’s showpiece occasion appeared divided by what it had seen. Fluminense of Brazil beat Argentina’s Boca Juniors 2-1 in Rio’s Maracana stadium to win the Copa Libertadores. Those who expected a game of quality seemed disappointed. But those who had tuned in for drama were gripped by a dramatic, sometimes chaotic encounter that ebbed and flowed over120 minutes. And the tears that flowed on the pitch and in the stands before, during and after
