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Come Fan with UsSunday, June 21, 2026

Dries Mertens has one of the misses of the World Cup

Is this the miss of the tournament? If not, it’s close:

That's Napoli and Belgium winger Dries Mertens missing a free shot from about nine yards out. The issue isn't merely that he missed -- he should be scoring from there, mind -- the real art comes from the fact that he missed by quite so much: screwing that shot 10 yards over the crossbar is much harder than putting it into the net.

So well done, Mr. Mertens. It remains 0-0 in South Korea vs. Belgium.

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