The victory meant Palmeiras qualified for the Copa Libertadores, South America's top club competition.
He helped drive the team to win the 2011 Copa Libertadores, the foremost professional club tournament in South America.
He helped Santos win the 2011 Copa Libertadores and the 2010 Brazilian Cup.
The first leg of the Copa Libertadores Final has Boca Juniors at home to Corinthians and the game finishes 1-1.
But this is the first year they have appeared as South American champions after winning the Copa Libertadores for the first time.
Corinthians, founded in 1910, won the Copa Libertadores, a Latin American version of the UEFA Champions League, for the first time last year.
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The 21-year-old defensive midfielder will arrive at the club next week after helping Internacional to the Copa Libertadores title against Mexico's Chivas Gudalajara.
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The South American side, who won the Copa Libertadores in July, rode their luck at times with goalkeeper Cassio making several important stops.
Even now the gap between winners of the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores and the rest of the field is enormous, so folks really only take notice when the final rolls around.
Mazembe had already made history by becoming the first African team to reach the final after a 2-0 upset win over Copa Libertadores champions Internacional of Brazil in the semi-finals, the biggest surprise in the 10-year history of the event.
Regardless, the global appeal of soccer, which extends beyond the World Cup to tournaments like the UEFA Champions League, the Copa Libertadores, the Bristish, Italian, and Spanish leagues, and many others, draws some of the largest crowds, and with them, important sponsors.
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