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WATCH: Ronaldinho’s brutal PK attempt mars Mexican debut

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Brazil’s Ronaldinho dons his new Queretaro soccer club jersey at a press conference in Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Mexican first-division club Queretaro signed the former 34-year-old Brazil star, who had been without a club since leaving Brazil’s Atletico Mineiro in July and had been negotiating with several clubs. The two-time FIFA world player of the year helped Atletico Mineiro win last year’s Copa Libertadores for the first time. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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There he was, the marquee signing of Queretaro: Ronaldinho.

The 34-year-old Brazilian attacker had a chance to play the hero on debut for his new Liga MX side. In the Copa MX tournament on Wednesday, Ronaldinho lined up for a huge penalty...

...and butchered the opportunity to high heavens.

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Oh my. How many times in his life has Ronaldinho performed that task with flair (or at least adequately)? Surely better things are to come for the Brazilian, after this miss and the racist abuse hurled his way by a Mexican official.

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