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).

Fluminense and Al Hilal will square off today, July 4, at 3 p.m. ET in the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

Football, and form, can turn in an instant - just ask Al Hilal duo Marcos Leonardo and Malcom. Up until half-time of the revamped FIFA Club World Cup, Round of 16 clash with Manchester City, the