Boston: Jonathan Tah skied Germany’s sixth spot kick well over the crossbar after seeing his apparent extra-time winner controversially disallowed, and Paraguay knocked the Germans out of the World Cup with a 4-3 win on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the round of 32.
Tah missed after Orlando Gill saved Kai Havertz and Nick Woltemade to put Paraguay in control, only for the Albirroja to flub their first two chances to seal the tiebreaker.
Gustavo Gomez celebrates after Jose Canale scores the winning penalty against Germany.Getty Images
Manuel Neuer saved the second of those against Fabian Balbuena to force an improbable sixth round of kicks.
But Tah’s effort never came close to finding the net, and after Jose Canale converted, Paraguay were through to the last 16 in their first World Cup since 2010, at the expense of a German side that hasn’t reached that stage since winning the 2014 tournament.