SAO PAULO (AP) -- Flamengo striker Deivid is making the headlines for all the wrong reasons in Brazil after missing an open goal from less than three yards in the team's 2-1 loss to Vasco da Gama.
With the semifinal of the Guanabara Cup in Rio de Janeiro tied at 1-1, Deivid received a low cross inside the six-yard box, with nobody near him and only the net in front. The cross came slowly to his feet but he mis-hit the ball and it ended striking the post.
The video of his miss turned viral on the Internet in Brazil and brought the mocking headlines in Thursday's newspapers.
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