Family curse. Justin Kluivert repeats his father's penalty mistake 26 years later

History repeats itself once again.

Details: Football has delivered yet another unbelievable story. On June 29, 2000, Patrick Kluivert missed a penalty in the Euro semi-final against Italy, hitting the left post. Ultimately, the Netherlands lost the penalty shootout and exited the tournament.

Exactly 26 years later, on June 29, 2026, his son Justin Kluivert followed in his father's footsteps. In the World Cup round of 16 clash against Morocco, he also struck his penalty against the left post, after which the Dutch squad lost the shootout and bowed out of the tournament.

What makes this even more remarkable is that both Patrick and Justin are considered excellent penalty takers. Yet for the Dutch, this misfortune continues a painful tradition—the Oranje have now crashed out of a major international tournament via penalties for the eighth time in their history.

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