Paraguay eliminate Germany on penalties, reach World Cup Round of 16

sportsJun 30, 202629312

Paraguay eliminated four-time champions Germany after a 1-1 draw ended in a penalty shootout, winning 4-3 to reach the World Cup Round of 16. The match, played in Foxborough, Massachusetts, delivered Germany’s first-ever World Cup shootout defeat; Germany had previously won every World Cup penalty shootout they had contested. Gustavo Gómez was pictured celebrating Paraguay’s victory after the final spot-kick. Germany striker Kai Havertz said “I’m speechless. My second World Cup, and we’ve messed up for the second time.” Paraguay’s president declared a national holiday the day after the upset, and Paraguay advance to the last 16.

Al Jazeera English

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Germany fans watched from Berlin’s Sony Centre at Potsdamer Platz as Paraguay stunned the four-time #FIFAWorldCup world champions 4-3 on penalties. The teams were tied 1-1 for more than 120 minutes.

451h ago

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist

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The biggest loss of the world cup is Germany because there is no other team in world sports that has figured out how to have white unis that work

564h ago

TSN

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The Canadian men's historic win against South Africa averaged 5.2 million viewers in Canada... making it the fourth most-watched #FIFAWorldCup match ever in Canada as well as the most-watched non-final knockout stage match 🇨🇦👏

424h ago

AFP News Agency

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Germany crashed out of the World Cup at the hands of Paraguay after losing 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw -- the first time that Germany have ever lost a penalty shootout at a World Cup

205h ago

Z_G 🇺🇦

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The fans have been the best part of the world cup. Scotland parties. Mexico ♥️ South Korea. Norway's Viking Row. Japanese fans discovering Buc-ee's. Have I missed anything?

164h ago

Serenity10

The Scots putting the traffic come on the statue but that might fall under the parties part 🤔

Fabrizio Romano (MIRROR)

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🚨🇩🇪 Kai Havertz: “I'm speechless. My second World Cup, and we've messed up for the second time”. “The last few tournaments were a disaster”.

114h ago

The Wall Street Journal

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The four-time champions had won every single World Cup penalty shootout they’d ever been involved in. At least until they came up against Paraguay in the round of 32. on.wsj.com/4xSLHkY

84h ago

jjellybeano

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Getting home from work and catching up on the World Cup news so far

144h ago

Le Monde in English

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2026 World Cup: Germany eliminated by Paraguay in stunning upset

84h ago

MLS Analytics

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Germany: 1 (1.49 xG) vs Paraguay: 1 (0.42 xG) #GERvPAR | #Germany | #Paraguay | #WorldCup | 🤖⚽

94h ago

𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐎'𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐒.𝐉.

@kohsj.bsky.social

#WorldCup Paraguay defeated Germany in penalty shoot-out, and advance to last 16. Rohayhu Paraguay! 🇵🇾 👍 www.abc.com.py/deportes/fut...

84h ago

ian

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Oh yeah lol I forgot that whole subplot where we completely waxed the team that held Germany to a goal and kicked them out of the World Cup on penalties

84h ago

Marcus Kelson

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I note that early on in this match some of the Dutch players have been taking acting lessons from the German team, good to see the referees are having none of it #FIFAWorldCup

54h ago