Thiago Silva Celebrates Fluminense’s Victory Over Former Rivals Inter Milan

‎Fluminense captain, Thiago Silva, had even more to celebrate after Monday’s 2-0 victory over Inter Milan in the Club World Cup round of 16, enjoying his team’s historic achievement and a win against the city rivals of his former club.

‎The 40-year-old defender, who rejoined his hometown club Fluminense last year, spent three seasons with Milan from 2009 to 2012, during which he won a Serie A title and an Italian Super Cup.

‎As Fluminense eliminated their Italian opponents from the revamped FIFA tournament, Silva recognized that he couldn’t help but think about the pride Milan fans would feel witnessing their arch-rivals’ defeat.

‎”I was thinking here and thinking about Milan,” he told DAZN after the match in Charlotte. “I’m sure the Milan fans will be happy about Inter’s defeat and our victory.”

‎The centre-back, who also enjoyed successful spells at Paris St Germain and Chelsea, praised his team’s outstanding performance in overcoming the Champions League runners-up.

‎”This is a very important result for us. We knew it wasn’t going to be an easy game. They played in the Champions League final less than a month ago,” Silva added.

‎”Today we played an incredible match. It had to be this way, there was no other way to achieve it.

‎”We were always together, defensively we played an excellent match. They also made it difficult for us, perhaps we lacked something in defence, but that’s understandable against an opponent like this.”

‎The Brazilians next face Al Hilal in the quarter-finals on Friday.