[Saba Sports News] Recently, Marquinhos’ wife Carol appeared in a documentary on Brazil’s Globo TV and opened up about what happened after he missed a decisive penalty in Brazil’s quarter-final against Croatia at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Carol recalled: “He has never taken a penalty ever since that day. My world fell apart the moment it happened. The second I watched him miss, I knew things would spiral into something really tough. But it was only when he messaged me saying his career might be over, that he had ruined everything and become Brazil’s biggest villain, that I fully grasped just how devastating it was. My phone rang shortly after; it was someone from the Brazilian Football Confederation telling me, ‘Carol, we need you to come over.’ He was curled up crying under the covers. I didn’t utter a single word and just held him tight, because I knew he needed space to get through that pain on his own.”
The editor believes that Marquinhos made a mistake, yet he is only human. He should not shoulder all the blame for the team’s defeat.