Militão missed every penalty in Brazil’s final practice before their Copa América loss to Uruguay.
Brazil’s last practice before leaving the Copa América was against Uruguay, and Militão is said to have missed all of his penalties.
“Everyone knows how difficult this season was for me, with a serious injury that prevented me from doing one of the things I love most in life for almost eight months, which is playing football. From the moment I was released to return to the field, I gave my all, sparing no effort to get in shape and reach my best level.
In addition to Real Madrid, where I was fortunate to win another Champions League, the Brazilian team did not leave my focus for a single day, during these 232 days of treatment. Winning this Copa América was an obsession, not just for me, but for our people. In every match I tried to do my best to have a safe performance and help bring peace of mind to our defense.
And that’s why being eliminated, especially on penalties, hurt a lot.
All I wanted most was to have scored that penalty. I’m going to keep working as hard as I can to turn things around. You can be sure that I will do everything possible to honor our shirt. Together with the Brazilian people, we will achieve our goals. 🙏🏾”
He missed Brazil’s first penalty in the loss to Uruguay in a shootout.
The CONMEBOL Copa América 2024 was over for Brazil after a goalless game in regulation time. Dorival Júnior’s team lost 4–2 on penalties to Uruguay. The Seleção got off to a bad start in the shootout because Éder Militão missed the first shot after Federico Valverde scored for the Celeste.
It looks like the Real Madrid player was already having trouble in front of the goal. Eder Traskini of UOL Esporte said that the 26-year-old missed both penalties he took in the last practice before the semifinals.
At the Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium, both of his goals are said to have gone to the same side. On the other hand, goalie Sergio Rochet saved the penalty against Uruguay, but the two from training are said to have hit the right post.
The report stated above says that each starter had two chances in the last session, and Militão seems to have missed both of them.
“We made up our minds right then and there.” I was sure when I said I would take the first one. Now you know how fines work. We work on making them, but there’s a goalie on the other side, and I missed again. Rochet got what he wanted. I don’t have much to say or point out. Well done, he saved it. We need to move on now. The days ahead will be hard, but now is the time to rest and think. We hadn’t planned for that to happen; we wanted to move forward. Militão said after Brazil was knocked out, “We have to have a good season and keep going well on the way to the Qualifiers.”
