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Germany vs Paraguay

Started 44 days, 8 hours, 42 minutes ago

Date & Time
Mon 29th June 2026 10:30pm Local
Mon 29th June 2026 8:30pm UTC

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League
FIFA World Cup

Season
2026

Round
Round 32

Status
AP

Location
Foxborough, MA
United States

Gillette Stadium
(63,945 Attendance)

Havertz

(54')

Enciso

(42')

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Home Team Lineup

Wirtz Amiri 110	Nmecha Goretzka 46	Rüdiger Thiaw 110
Tah	Havertz	Undav Musiala 63
Kimmich	Pavlović Anton 79	Neuer
Sané Woltemade 88	Brown

Away Team Lineup

Enciso 57	Bobadilla Sanabria 99	Galarza
Gómez	Canale	Alonso Balbuena 120
Ávalos Caballero 55	Cubas	Gill
Almirón Gustavo Ve 91	Cáceres Ojeda 99

Event Statistics

Shots on Goal

Shots off Goal

Total Shots

Blocked Shots

Shots insidebox

Shots outsidebox

Fouls

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Ball Possession

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

Total passes

799

257

Passes accurate

719

161

Passes %

expected_goals

1.49

0.42

goals_prevented

0.59

Description

The teams had met twice—once in the round of 16 at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in which Germany defeated Paraguay 1–0, and a 2013 friendly match which ended 3–3.

At 42 minutes, Paraguay earned a corner in the German half. Although goalkeeper Manuel Neuer managed to punch the ball out of the box, Germany failed to maintain possession. A series of passes sent the ball into the path of Paraguay midfielder Julio Enciso, who headed the ball past Neuer. This opened up the scoring, and charted Paraguay's first ever goal in the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup.

Eight minutes into the second half, German midfielder Florian Wirtz sent a cross into the Paraguay box which found the head of his teammate Kai Havertz, who flicked it into goal for an equalizer.

During extra time, a German corner kick saw defender Jonathan Tah head the ball into the Paraguayan net. However, the goal was disallowed as VAR review found that goalkeeper Orlando Gill had been fouled in his box, and was unable to challenge the ball fairly. In the ensuing penalty shootout, the teams were tied at the end of five shots, and the match went into sudden death. Tah sent the ball over the net, granting centre-back José Canale the chance to score and ending the shootout 4–3 in Paraguay's favor.

With this victory, Paraguay advanced to the round of 16, eliminating Germany. They will face France or Sweden in their next match. This also marks the first time Germany were ever defeated in a penalty shootout in the World Cup.