Latest penalty miss brings up bad omens for Brazil 👻

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Emily Wilson

5 July 2026

South American giants

Brazil

had a massive opportunity to go up 1-0 over opponents

Norway

during Sunday's Round of 16 clash. But they went on to squander it.

Manchester United star Matheus Cunha was blatantly brought down in the box, and despite no initial penalty call, VAR intervened and awarded

a rightful spot-kick in the 14th minute.

Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior grabbed the ball but then handed it off to

Bruno Guimarães

. The Newcastle star's stutter-step penalty was then comfortably saved by Sevilla goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland.

The missed effort was just the fifth in

World Cup

history for

, and that rare miscue then brings up a bad omen for the team.

–

Sunday, 5 July 2026

The national team has been eliminated in

knockout games two of the last three times they missed a penalty on the global stage (1934 and 1986).

To make matters even worse, they've never beaten

(two losses, two draws). Can they find a way in the second half?

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