Watch Brazil's Cringeworthy Own Goal Again and Again

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Real Madrid's Marcelo Vieira from Brazil, right and Daniel Carvajal talk during their La Liga soccer match against Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, in Seville, Spain on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.

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By Neha Prakash2014-06-12 20:56:14 UTC

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.)

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.

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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.

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