Watch
Brazil's Cringeworthy Own
Goal Again and Again
As expected, host country Brazil had the ho**r of scoring the first
Goal of the 2014
World Cup. What we didn't expect: it went in the wrong net.
Left back defender Marcelo Vieira was the unfortunate owner of the foot that accidentally the cringe-inducing own goal, giving first-game Croatia an early 1-0 lead. (Brazilian star Neymar leveled the score before half time.)
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Watch the own
Goal happen
Again and
Again and again
It's a facepalm moment if we've ever seen one
Needless to say,
Brazil's fans were **t impressed, and began to flood Twitter with harsh words about their defender. Apparently in their anger many blamed the wrong footballer — they were directing tweets to
@Marcello instead of
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