The Brazilian national team slipped up again in their final World Cup qualifying match. If victories against Chile and Peru during the international break in October made it possible to extinguish the crisis which seemed to have erupted under the leadership of Dorival Junior, the draw conceded this month against Venezuela puts the debate back on the media table in the country of the ‘Selecao’.
In this disappointing 1-1 draw, Vinicius Junior missed a penalty who could have tilted the match in favor of his team. In the 62nd minute, when the score was 1-1, he had the opportunity to beat Rafael Romo from the penalty spot, but the Brazilian’s shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
This is the first time that the star of Real Madrid misses an official penalty. Previously, this had only happened in the ‘Clasico’ of the Soccer Champions Tour which took place last July, 2023, and in a friendly match with the U20s of its national team in October 2018 – against Chile -. The other seven penalties he took all ended up in the back of the net.
For more details, his victims were, in reverse chronological order, the Guinea -a friendly match in June 2023-, Barcelona -final of the Spanish Super Cup in 2024-, Barcelona again -32nd matchday of La Liga last season-, Bayern Munich -semi-final of the previous Champions League-, The Palms -3rd day of the current campaign-, Royal Society -5th day of the same period- and Milan -regular phase of the current high-level European competition-.
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