The Paraguayan football team defeated Germany 4:3 in the third match of the round of 16 of the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada in Boston after a penalty shootout. It was 1:1 (1:1, 1:0) in the regular part and both overtimes.
Paraguay will face the winner of the French-Swedish match in the Round of 16 on July 4 in Philadelphia, which will begin today at 11 p.m. in New York.
The South American side pulled off a first-class surprise at Gillette Stadium in Philadelphia, knocking out four-time world champions Switzerland 1954, Germany 1974, Italy 1990 and Brazil 2014.
The decision on the winner fell in the football lottery, the Paraguayans were more collected after they scored Mauricio, Gustavo Gomez, Matias Galarza and Jose Canale. They missed Antonio Sanabria and Fabian Balbuena. They scored for the Germans Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala and Nadiem Amiribut they missed Kai Havertz, Nick Woltemade and Jonathan Tah.
In the regular season, Havertz scored for Germany in the 54th, and for Paraguay Julio Enciso in the 42nd minute.
Disgruntled German fans. PHOTO: David Butler/Reuters
Paraguay made it to the knockout stages for the fifth time. At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals, in Mexico 1986, France 1998, and in Japan and South Korea 2002 in the round of 16. He also made it to the top 16 in this year’s final tournament, and before today’s resounding victory against Germany, he defeated Turkey 1:0 in the group stage, drew 0:0 with Australia, and lost against the USA 1:4.
Germany leaves this year’s three-nation tournament in shame. Before the painful defeat against Paraguay, they defeated Curacao 7:1 and Ivory Coast 2:1 in the group stage, and lost against Ecuador 1:2.
Havertz, the most dangerous of the Germans, was saved by goalkeeper Gill
The greater part of the first half was spent in an uninteresting performance without significant opportunities. In the 42nd minute, the Paraguayans carried out a combined action, according to the template Matias Galarz from the right side, after a header shot, he hit Enciso undefended. Just before going on a big break, the Germans made a dangerous stop for the first time, a shot Felix Nmecha and the Paraguayans diverted to a corner.
Selected by the German coach Julian Nagelsmann they pressed with all their might in the second half. The Paraguayan “bunker” caused them a lot of problems for the most part, and in the 54th minute they only scored an equalizing goal. According to the template Florian Wirtz from the left, after a header, Havertz scored and scored his third goal in this year’s World Cup.
The man of the match Orlando Gill caused a lot of headaches for the Germans. PHOTO: Peter Cziborra/Reuters
The “elfa” players were on the verge of victory in the 78th minute, but the Paraguayan goalkeeper prevented them from celebrating. Orlando Gill with a miraculous save after a Havertz header. The Germans did not break the Paraguayans’ resistance until the end of regular time. In extra time, in the 102nd minute, Jonathan Tah made it 2:1 with a header from the right side, but Moroccan referee Jalal Jayed, after the intervention of Var, disallowed the goal due to Waldemar Anton’s foul on goalkeeper Gill.
In the second 15-minute extra time, the Germans were the closest to a goal in the 118th minute, and after Anton’s header, Gill was again in the right place. The penalty shootout ended to the liking of the Paraguayans, who are looking forward to their greatest achievement at the World Cup.
The remaining pairs are Mexico – Ecuador, England – DR Congo, Belgium – Senegal, USA – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain – Austria, Portugal – Croatia, Switzerland – Algeria, Australia – Egypt, Argentina – Cape Verde and Colombia – Ghana.
