CHRIS WINTERBURN looks at how the Brazilian superstar became one of the magnificent seven

At around 4:25 on the morning of Thursday July 25, British time, Olimpia’s Matias Gimenez sent his penalty cannoning into the right hand post of Victor’s goal and away to safety. It crowned Atletico Mineiro Copa Libertadores Champions and inducted one of the most controversial footballers of all time into a select group of only seven members.
Ronaldinho, after finally adding the Copa Libertadores to his winner’s repertoire, had joined Walter Samuel, Carlos Tevez, Juan Pablo Sorin , ...