Fluminense's coach said before Friday's Club World Cup quarterfinal that 'soccer is decided on the pitch,' not via bank balance. Then they defeated superrich Al Hilal to cruise into the final four.

Fluminense is in the semifinals of the FIFA Club World Cup.The qualification came this Friday (4th) with a 2-1 victory over Al-Hilal in Orlando.Martinelli and Hércules scored the goals for Tricolor

Martinelli put Fluminense in front in the 40th minute with a brilliant strike. His first touch took Gabriel Fuentes’s pass beyond a charging Al Hilal defender, and his second unleashed a ferocious left-footed shot that beat goalkeeper Yassine Bounou to the top right corner from about 15 yards (14 metres).