Paraguay stuns four-time World Cup champions Germany in penalty shootout after controversial call

Paraguay stunned Germany, the four-time FIFA World Cup champions, aft moving connected to the circular of 16 aft winning 4-3 successful a punishment shootout connected Monday successful an perfectly thrilling lucifer with a cardinal arguable infinitesimal sprinkled in.

That infinitesimal came successful other time, which was needed aft a 1-1 gully aft 90 minutes positive stoppage clip betwixt these 2 opponents.

Germany had dominated passim this match, but Paraguay had made the champion of their grade-A accidental successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile Julio Enciso buried a header successful the 42nd minute. The Germans were capable to yet get connected the board, though, successful the 54th infinitesimal erstwhile Kai Havertz saw his ain header flick into the backmost of the net.

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Julio Enciso of Paraguay celebrates with teammate Gustavo Gomez aft scoring the team's archetypal extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 lucifer against Germany astatine Boston Stadium successful Foxborough, Mass., connected June 29, 2026. (Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

From there, Germany was connected the offensive, getting accidental aft accidental with immoderate from Paraguay tossed in. But erstwhile other clip began, it seemed lone a substance of clip earlier Germany would cookware different and instrumentality the lead.

It appeared to hap erstwhile Jonathan Tah roseate up and smashed a header connected a country footwear past Paraguay keeper Orlando Gill. The German faithful wrong Boston Stadium went ballistic, but that was short-lived aft the caput authoritative went to the VAR surface to reappraisal a imaginable foul.

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During the country kick, Germany’s Waldemar Anton seemed to obstruct Gill’s question toward the ball, and yet to support Tah’s header. And if helium was simply trying to merchantability the foul, it worked.

After review, the extremity was annulled with the referee explaining that Anton’s actions had prevented Gill from decently getting the accidental to halt the header.

After the 30 minutes of other time, neither broadside was capable to interruption the 1-1 tie. As a result, the tournament’s archetypal punishment shootout was acceptable to find who would determination connected to the circular of 16, and who would beryllium heading home.

Things did not commencement disconnected connected the close ft for Germany erstwhile Havertz stepped up to the shot and saw Gill marque a save. Maurício utilized that momentum and scored his archetypal to instantly enactment Paraguay successful a bully presumption to win.

Both sides would ace their adjacent 2 penalties apiece earlier Nick Woltemade’s effort was saved by Gill. Paraguay, now, had a accidental to triumph it all, but Antonio Sanabria missed the team’s 4th penalty.

Orlando Gill of Paraguay celebrates aft Julio Enciso scored the team's archetypal extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 lucifer against Germany astatine Boston Stadium successful Foxborough, Mass., connected June 29, 2026. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Nadiem Amiri kept Germany’s hopes live with a made changeable connected the team’s 5th attempt, but being that penalties are determined by 5 shots, Fabián Balbuena had the accidental to triumph it all. However, Manuel Neuer, 1 of the astir decorated goalkeepers successful shot history, fto unsocial Germany’s squad, kept up clutch with a prevention to unit different round.

With flimsy momentum connected their side, Tah stepped up to the punishment country with the accidental to get different game-winning goal, this clip with his boot. But his effort was a miserable one, belting it implicit the crossbar and into the stands.

Paraguay, elated aft the miss, sent José Canale to the container and helium didn’t disappoint. Neuer guessed the incorrect mode and Canale tucked his changeable nether the barroom and Paraguay celebrated arsenic you’d expect: axenic joy.

It's the archetypal clip ever Germany has mislaid successful penalties astatine the FIFA World Cup.

Germany was near shocked connected the pitch, arsenic their 2026 World Cup travel comes to a close. And it’s hard not to deliberation what-if erstwhile they appeared to person the game-winner connected the scoreboard lone for it to beryllium taken distant by a telephone that volition surely beryllium debated for immoderate time.

Paraguay's midfielder Julio Enciso celebrates scoring his team's archetypal extremity during the 2026 World Cup circular of 32 lucifer against Germany astatine Boston Stadium successful Foxborough connected June 29, 2026. (Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, Paraguay volition present await the victor of the circular of 32 lucifer betwixt France and Sweden, which volition beryllium played astatine 5 p.m. ET connected Tuesday astatine New York/New Jersey Stadium.

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