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June 13, 2014 12:56 am GMT

Watch Brazil's Cringeworthy Own Goal Again and Again

Marcelo-vieira

As expected, host country Brazil had the honor 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.)

See also: 17 Wildest Things at the World Cup Opening Ceremony

Thanks to SB Nation's Vine, you can now watch the own goal happen again and again and again

It's a facepalm moment if we've ever seen one

MARCELO-OWN-GOAL

Needless to say, Brazil's fans were not 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 @12MarceloV Read more...

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