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Flamengo were beaten 1-0 by Liverpool in the 2019 final Flamengo boss Filipe Luis says a team from South America can win the Fifa Club World Cup after an impressive start to the tournament by clubs from Brazil and Argentina. After Botafogo defeated Champions League winners Paris St-Germain 1-0, fellow Brazilian side Flamengo came from behind to beat Uefa Conference League winners Chelsea 3-1. There are six teams from South America taking part in the new 32-team format - Palmeiras, Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense from Brazil, while Boca Juniors and River Plate are representing Argentina. All six were unbeaten after nine matches - with Palmeiras, Botafogo, Flamengo and River Plate topping their respective groups. However, that run ended when Boca Juniors lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich in the early hours of Saturday. No team from Brazil has won the Club World Cup since Corinthians beat Chelsea in the final of the 2012 edition. Since then all the winners have come from Europe. Meanwhile, no team from Argentina has won the tournament since it was founded in 2000. "Anybody can win. That's football. It wouldn't surprise me [if a South American team won it], " said Flamengo boss Luis after masterminding a win over his former club Chelsea. Could the fact that it is mid-season in South America have anything to do with their good results so far? European teams went into the Club World Cup on the back of long seasons. Palmeiras top Group A with four points from two games, while Botafogo have won both their games in Group B. Flamengo top Group D with six points from two games after wins over ES Tunis of Tunisia and Chelsea. Meanwhile, River Plate's only game so far ended in a 3-1 win over Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds, while Fluminense held Borussia Dortmund to a 0-0 draw. Boca Juniors' defeat by Bayern Munich leaves them third in Group C - and while they can still qualify they need results to go their way in the final group fixtures and to a seven-goal swing. "I'm surprised at these results, " added Luis. "Sometimes the weather, they're not used to this, but the South American clubs are very competitive and not always the best win the Copa Libertadores. "There's different grass, altitudes, so we have a lot of adaptations and are used to that. " Danilo and Bruno Henrique celebrate Flamengo's second goal against Chelsea in their Club World Cup group game Flamengo overturned a first-half deficit to defeat Chelsea 3-1, with second-half goals from Bruno Henrique, Danilo, and Wallace Yan securing their second win in the tournament. Their cause was helped by Nicolas Jackson's straight red card soon after the Chelsea substitute came on. Thousands of Flamengo fans, who have travelled to the United States to cheer on their side, celebrated wildly after the final whistle at Lincoln Financial Field. "The players are waiting to show 'I can compete against European players', " former Flamengo midfielder Kleberson told DAZN. Flamengo's team included former Chelsea midfielder Jorginho. "We were really confident and we know in these big games the details make the difference, " he told DAZN. "Overall we were really good in the first half so we said at half-time, 'let's keep pushing'. "We found the little spots that could hurt them. " Bruno Henrique falls to his knees after the full time whistle against Chelsea in their Club World Cup group game Botafogo, the 2024 winners of the Copa Libertadores, produced one of the eye-catching results of the tournament so far with a 1-0 victory over European champions Paris St-Germain. "One team was the champion of the Champions League, the other team was the champion of South America, " said goalscorer Igor Jesus, who had been strongly linked with a move to Nottingham Forest earlier this year before opting to stay with the Brazilians to play in the Club World Cup. "I think I made the right choice to stay in Botafogo, " he added. Igor Jesus celebrates his winning Club World Cup goal against Paris St-Germain with the fans Botafogo defended superbly to keep out Luis Enrique's side. "This PSG side is a lesson to everybody in football and I told my guys to just be a team, enjoy, play together, attack together, defend together, " added Botafogo boss Renato Paiva. "We showed the quality of Brazilian players and the coaches. "This is a victory of all the coaches that are working in Brazil, working with great players and Brazil will always be in world football. " Botafogo players huddle together at the final whistle after beating Paris St-Germain Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast Get football news sent straight to your phone Five talking points from the Lions' loss to Argentina Vaughan 'staggered' by England decision to bowl 'He will go stratospheric' - Where will Wirtz play for Liverpool? 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