Brazil’s most successful player ever, Pele, hugs Brazil’s most successful player of the 2000s, Ronaldo, after Brazil’s 2-0 victory over Germany in the World Cup Final. Both goals were scored by Ronaldo himself.
In a display of friendship and camaraderie, Ronaldinho was invited to pose with Barca players one last time, before Barca faced off against rivals and Ronaldinho’s new team, Real Madrid.
The Milan derby held between AC Milan and Inter Milan in 2005, is infamous for the fan ruckus and violence which led to the match being abandoned mid-way, before being resumed. But, this picture of Materazzi and Rui Costa, from opposing sides, is iconically symbolical of the spirit of brotherhood and fraternity which permeates through football.