Germany 1-1 Paraguay — World Cup

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Germany’s legendary, flawless World Cup penalty record has just been shattered.

Paraguay knocked Germany out of the World Cup in a historic penalty shootout, ending the four-time champions' perfect shootout record.

Germany’s legendary penalty armor has finally cracked. For the first time ever, Germany lost a World Cup penalty shootout. Paraguay survived a relentless onslaught to secure a spot in the Round of 16. opened the scoring for Paraguay in the first half. equalized for Germany shortly after the break. Germany thought they had won it in extra time, but VAR controversially disallowed Jonathan Tah’s header. In the shootout, Paraguay goalkeeper saved two penalties. smashed home the final spot-kick to seal a historic victory for Paraguay.

— and get this
Germany suffered their first-ever defeat in a World Cup penalty shootout, having previously held a perfect 4-0 record.
Prior to this match, Germany had missed only one penalty in shootout history. By missing three tonight, they quadrupled their historical miss tally.
This dramatic clash in Foxborough was the first penalty shootout of the entire 2026 World Cup.
By winning the shootout, Paraguay maintained their own perfect 2-0 record in World Cup penalty deciders.