He finally won a title with a club that is not Barcelona.... 
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer...irst-libertadores-cup-shootout-035611308.html
* Atletico beat Olimpia 4-3 in penalty shootout
* Win 2-0 on night to draw 2-2 on aggregate (Adds detail, quotes, byline)
By Pedro Fonseca
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 24 (Reuters) - Atletico Mineiro won the Libertadores Cup for the first time on Wednesday by beating three times champions Olimpia 4-3 in a shootout after their two-leg final ended 2-2 on aggregate.
Central defender Leonardo Silva scored once in normal time and netted the Brazilian side's fourth penalty before midfielder Matias Gimenez shot Olimpia's fifth against the post to spark wild celebrations by a 60,000 crowd at the Mineirao in Belo Horizonte. Victor had saved Olimpia's first kick.
Trailing 2-0 from the first leg defeat in Asuncion last week, Atletico pulled a goal back through Jo in the 46th minute then levelled the aggregate score when Leonardo Silva headed home three minutes from the end of normal time.
Olimpia's Julio Manzur was sent off in the 85th minute, leaving the Paraguayan side a man short for the whole of extra time, but neither team could deliver another goal.
It marked a fourth successive Brazilian victory in South America's elite club competition and put Atletico into the Club World Cup in December.
"It was the title I was missing. I came back to Brazil for this. Everyone said I was finished, let them talk now," Atletico's talismanic playmaker Ronaldinho told reporters on the pitch, who had been due to take his team's fifth penalty if necessary.
With the victory, Ronaldinho joined a select group of players to have lifted the South American and European club titles after winning the Champions League with Barcelona in 2006.
"We should have settled the tie in first half but we're proud to be vice-champions of South America," the Paraguayan side's coach Ever Almeida, who won the title twice as a player with Olimpia, told Fox Sports.
Atletico had already made remarkable recoveries in the previous two rounds, owing their survival to a penalty save by goalkeeper Victor in the dying seconds of the quarter-final against Tijuana and another in the semi-final shootout victory over Newell's Old Boys.
Victor gave Atletico the ideal start in the shootout on Wednesday, saving from defender Herminio Miranda and Atletico converted all four of theirs.
"When it's written, it's written, this was meant for us," said Altetico coach Cuca.
While Atletico's players were receiving their medals and the trophy, some fans ran onto the pitch of the newly-refurbished World Cup stadium and almost got into a fight with Olimpia players but stewards controlled the situation. (Additional reporting by Daniela Desantis in Asuncion; Writing by Rex Gowar in London; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer...irst-libertadores-cup-shootout-035611308.html
* Atletico beat Olimpia 4-3 in penalty shootout
* Win 2-0 on night to draw 2-2 on aggregate (Adds detail, quotes, byline)
By Pedro Fonseca
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 24 (Reuters) - Atletico Mineiro won the Libertadores Cup for the first time on Wednesday by beating three times champions Olimpia 4-3 in a shootout after their two-leg final ended 2-2 on aggregate.
Central defender Leonardo Silva scored once in normal time and netted the Brazilian side's fourth penalty before midfielder Matias Gimenez shot Olimpia's fifth against the post to spark wild celebrations by a 60,000 crowd at the Mineirao in Belo Horizonte. Victor had saved Olimpia's first kick.
Trailing 2-0 from the first leg defeat in Asuncion last week, Atletico pulled a goal back through Jo in the 46th minute then levelled the aggregate score when Leonardo Silva headed home three minutes from the end of normal time.
Olimpia's Julio Manzur was sent off in the 85th minute, leaving the Paraguayan side a man short for the whole of extra time, but neither team could deliver another goal.
It marked a fourth successive Brazilian victory in South America's elite club competition and put Atletico into the Club World Cup in December.
"It was the title I was missing. I came back to Brazil for this. Everyone said I was finished, let them talk now," Atletico's talismanic playmaker Ronaldinho told reporters on the pitch, who had been due to take his team's fifth penalty if necessary.
With the victory, Ronaldinho joined a select group of players to have lifted the South American and European club titles after winning the Champions League with Barcelona in 2006.
"We should have settled the tie in first half but we're proud to be vice-champions of South America," the Paraguayan side's coach Ever Almeida, who won the title twice as a player with Olimpia, told Fox Sports.
Atletico had already made remarkable recoveries in the previous two rounds, owing their survival to a penalty save by goalkeeper Victor in the dying seconds of the quarter-final against Tijuana and another in the semi-final shootout victory over Newell's Old Boys.
Victor gave Atletico the ideal start in the shootout on Wednesday, saving from defender Herminio Miranda and Atletico converted all four of theirs.
"When it's written, it's written, this was meant for us," said Altetico coach Cuca.
While Atletico's players were receiving their medals and the trophy, some fans ran onto the pitch of the newly-refurbished World Cup stadium and almost got into a fight with Olimpia players but stewards controlled the situation. (Additional reporting by Daniela Desantis in Asuncion; Writing by Rex Gowar in London; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
