Chile’s Striker, Mauricio Pinilla, Gets Tattoo Of His Missed Goal Against Brazil On Back [Photos]

The striker was introduced as a late substitute with the score at 1-1

His shot in the 119th minute crashed against the bar
The match went to penalties and Brazil won the shoot-out to send Chile out.

He has decided to remember his shot by getting a tattoo of it on his back
When Chile striker Mauricio Pinilla smashed an effort towards goal in the final minute of extra-time against Brazil he must have thought he was going to be a hero.

 

But rather than ripping into the top corner to put Chile through and send the hosts crashing out, the ball struck the crossbar, meaning extra-time finished with the score level at 1-1.

 

Rather than try and eradicate the memory of his shot that was agonisingly close to causing a huge upset, Pinilla has chosen to get a tattoo of it on his lower back, with the line, ‘One centimetre from glory’.

 

Brazil went on to win the penalty shoot-out thanks to some goalkeeping heroics from Julio Cesar, with Pinilla one of the Chile players to miss his spot-kick.