{"id":50465,"date":"2026-06-30T07:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=50465"},"modified":"2026-06-30T07:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:26:31","slug":"germany-eliminated-from-fifa-world-cup-2026-after-penalty-shootout-loss-to-paraguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/germany-eliminated-from-fifa-world-cup-2026-after-penalty-shootout-loss-to-paraguay\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany eliminated from FIFA World Cup 2026 after penalty shootout loss to Paraguay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, June 30:<\/strong>\u00a0Four-time world champions Germany have been knocked out of the FIFA World Cup 2026 after suffering a dramatic 4-3 penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the Round of 32 on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The match at Boston Stadium ended 1-1 after both regulation and extra time before Paraguay held their nerve in the shootout, with goalkeeper Orlando Gill emerging as the hero.<\/p>\n<p>For Germany, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, and Nadiem Amiri converted their penalties. However, Gill denied spot-kicks from Kai Havertz and Nick Woltemade, while Jonathan Tah also failed to convert.<\/p>\n<p>For Paraguay, Lafu Mauricio, Gustavo G\u00f3mez, Mat\u00edas Galarza, and Jos\u00e9 Canale found the net, although Antonio Sanabria and Fabi\u00e1n Balbuena missed their attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Paraguay had taken the lead in the 42nd minute through Julio Enciso, before Havertz equalized for Germany in the 54th minute to send the match into extra time.<\/p>\n<p>Germany thought they had found a winner in the 102nd minute when Jonathan Tah scored, but the goal was ruled out following a VAR review.<\/p>\n<p>With neither side able to find another breakthrough, the contest was decided on penalties, where Paraguay secured a memorable victory to book their place in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Paraguay will now face the winner of Wednesday morning&#8217;s Round of 32 clash between France and Sweden for a place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, June 30:\u00a0Four-time world champions Germany have been knocked out of the FIFA World Cup 2026 after suffering a dramatic 4-3 penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the Round of 32 on Tuesday morning. The match at Boston Stadium ended 1-1 after both regulation and extra time before Paraguay held their nerve in the shootout, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-50465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news","tag-fifa-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50468,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50465\/revisions\/50468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}