Ronaldinho was accused of fraud after a secret about his most famous advertisement was revealed

Ronaldinho was a complete idol on 2005. The Brazilian offensive midfielder played for FC Barcelona and was the star of a team that watched how Lionel Messi was growing to occupy his place. At the same time, YouTube video platform was arriving to its top performances and both things were linked.

A video from Dinho was one of the first ones to go viral on the platform. U.S. brand Nike took advantage of the situation and the popularity of the player and filmed a scene in which he appeared trying the new soccer boots that he had released a couple of days ago, the Nike Tiempo.

In the video, Ronaldinho appeared wearing them and hitting the ball various times, always crashing it to the crossbar. The images appeared to be true and the player acted as nothing extraordinary was happening while he achieved to put the ball on the crossbar once and again.

But after many years it was revealed that the video filmed at Nou Camp hided a cheating. It was now said that the images were altered with special effects and that the player didn’t really hit the crossbar so many times in a row. It was one of the greatest tricks by the player, now revealed.