Brazil in penalty shootouts at FIFA World Cup: Records, stats, saves and goals
The HinduBrazil will face Croatia on Friday in the first quarterfinal of the Qatar World Cup, as it looks to reclaim the world title it last won 20 years ago. Brazil too has a positive record when it comes to FIFA World Cup penalty shootouts, having won three out of the four it has contested. Here are all the penalty shootouts Brazil has been part of: Brazil vs France, 1986 Brazil’s first tryst with a World Cup shootout is also its only defeat from the spot kicks. Brazil vs Italy, 1994 Brazil found redemption from the spot eight years later at the biggest stage possible, the World Cup final. Brazil was spot-less from the spot as Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Emerson and Dunga scored, while Taffarel saved kicks from Philp Cocu and Ronald de Boer to send Brazil to its second successive World Cup final.