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VIDEO: Neymar does his best Fernando Torres impression, misses open goal from 4 yards

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Neymar is human.

The Brazilian superstar, who dazzled this summer at the World Cup before having his tournament ended prematurely by Juan Camilo Zúñiga's "inadvertent" knee, showed on Tuesday that he does indeed make mistakes.

In a friendly match against Ecuador - which Brazil went on to win 1-0 - the Barcelona forward had the opportunity to tap the ball into an empty net and double his country's lead.

He did this, instead:

Fernando Torres surely cracked a hint of a smile at the sight of this.

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