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Charlotte Coates

Alisson Becker and Brazil suffer World Cup penalty heartbreak as Neymar equals Pele record

It's heartache for Alisson Becker and Fabinho after Brazil were beaten in a penalty shootout by Croatia on Friday evening.

The match went to extra-time after no goals were scored inside the 90 minutes, but Neymar opened the scoring with his record equalling 77th goal for Brazil.

Neymar's superb finish was cancelled out by Bruno Petkovic with just minutes remaining in Qatar. Croatia won the following shootout 4-2, with Alisson unable to repeat his Liverpool heroics after helping the Reds to a shootout victory in the FA Cup last season.

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