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NO GOAL! Germany 1-1 Paraguay<\/p>\n
105 min The UK TV consensus is that it\u2019s a soft decision for a foul on Gill by Anton, but the goal has been ruled out.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.49 EDT<\/p>\n 104 min: VAR check! Hang on, it might be disallowed \u2013 they\u2019re checking the block by Anton.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Germany won a corner on the right, swung very deep by Brown. The keeper was blocked by Anton, presumably legally, and Tah powered a storming header back across goal and into the net.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.48 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Germany 2-1 Paraguay (Tah 102)<\/p>\n What a header!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 100 min Tah heads wide at the far post, a very tough chance under pressure.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 99 min: Paraguay<\/a> substitution It\u2019s been cleared by VAR and Paraguay have brought on Antonio Sanabria and Braian Ojeda for Caceres and Bobadilla.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 98 min Play has yet to resume so I guess there\u2019s an ongoing VAR check.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 97 min An inswinging cross from the left is controlled expertly on the chest by Woltemade, whose shot hits the flying Gomez. Did that hit his arm?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 93 min Woltemade and Kimmich have shots blocked in the space of about two seconds.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 91 min Paraguay have replaced Miguel Almiron with another defender, Gustavo Velazquez.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Full time: Germany 1-1 Paraguay<\/p>\n This festival of football is heading to extra-time! <\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+2 min Brown\u2019s very deep corner is headed towards goal by Tah and held comfortably by Gill. And why not?<\/p>\n Five minutes of added time by the way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+1 min After some neat German interplay, Kimmich pings a long-range shot that deflects behind for a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min \u201cDo you get paid more if it goes to extra time?\u201d asks Mac Millings. \u201cIf so, I\u2019m channelling Morrissey and hoping for a late winner.\u201d<\/p>\n More?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 88 min: Germany<\/a> substitution Nick Woltemade replaces Leroy Sane, a like-for-like substitution.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 86 min Wirtz\u2019s outswinging corner from the right leads to a mini-scramble before a flag goes up for offside.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min Nothing much is happening. The whole game has followed the same pattern: attack and defence, invasion and repulsion. Paraguay<\/a> know what they are doing and could yet nick this.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.18 EDT<\/p>\n 79 min: Germany<\/a> substitution Waldemar Anton replaces Aleksandar Pavlovic.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>78 min: Good save by Gill!<\/p>\n Another fine cross from Wirtz on the left, this time with his left foot and therefore swinging away from goal, is headed powerfully towards goal by Havertz. It\u2019s a bit too straight and Gill dives to his left and pishes it away.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 77 min Caballero runs through on goal, farts around inexplicably and is challenged. No matter: he was offside.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min A cross from Sane flashes off the head of Canale and goes straight into the hands of Gill.<\/p>\n It\u2019s all Germany<\/a>, as it has been throughout. The scoreline begs to differ.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.11 EDT<\/p>\n 73 min Back under way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 70 min Time for the ad break.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min A reminder that the winners will play France or Sweden in the last 16.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 66 min Cubas fouls Havertz 25 yards from goal and is booked. Sane slaps the free-kick into the wall.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63 min: Germany<\/a> substitution Jamal Musiala replaces Deniz Undav.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62 min There\u2019s one-way traffic in Boston. A second Germany<\/a> goal feels inevitable, but then so did a first Germany goal when it was 0-0. Nobody knows anything.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 61 min \u201cIt\u2019s a good Germany kit, innit?\u201d says James Humphries. \u201cDoesn\u2019t look out of place, but it also looks right for the correct era of Germany kits, ie when i was watching my first World Cup<\/a> on the telly.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 Christ, remember that tiny period when the hole in the ozone layer was the big existential worry?\u201d<\/p>\n Never judge a kit until it\u2019s been worn against Paraguay<\/a> in the last 32.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 58 min: Paraguay<\/a> substitution A blow for Paraguay: the goalscorer Julio Enciso is injured and has been replaced by Mauricio.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56 min Pavlovic runs onto a clearance and sweeps a shot from the edge of the area that is superbly blocked by Canale.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.53 EDT<\/p>\n 55 min: Paraguay<\/a> substitution Gustavo Caballero replaces Gabriel Avalos.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.54 EDT<\/p>\n Wirtz whacked a flat, curling cross from the left towards the penalty spot. Havertz got across Canale, permitted the ball to brush his head and steered it into the far corner. That\u2019s such a good header from a violently underrated finisher.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.04 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Germany 1-1 Paraguay (Havertz 54)<\/p>\n Germany equalise through a brilliant header from Kai Havertz!<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s Kai Havertz scores their first goal past Paraguay\u2019s Orlando Gill. Photograph: Omar Aziz\/ReutersHavertz celebrates. Photograph: Jess Stiles\/ZUMA Press Wire\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.37 EDT<\/p>\n 53 min Wirtz is caught late and rolls around in pain. Play continues and bugger all happens.<\/p>\n Long way to go, but right now Paraguay<\/a> are comfortable.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>50 min: Chance for Paraguay!<\/p>\n A long free-kick from the keeper Gill eventually leads to an underhit backpass from Kimmich. Enciso reads it and has a shot well blocked by the outrushing Neuer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min Germany<\/a> are crossing the ball a lot more since the break, but there\u2019s no sign yet of Horst Hrubesch coming on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46 min Germany get the second half under way, having brought on Leon Goretzka for Florian Nmecha.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI feel slightly ashamed to say I\u2019m enjoying this rearguard from Paraguay<\/a>,\u201d writes Rob K. \u201cVery much in the spirit of Chilavert and co in 1998 \u2013 especially Carlos Gamarra, who was frequently labelled as one of the great defenders in the world during his time, but had an odd, almost journeyman career.\u201d<\/p>\n Ya boy CG was a brilliant player. (Admittedly I\u2019m basing this on the 1998 World Cup<\/a> and a lot of Championship Manager Nights.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.38 EDT<\/p>\n Half-time reading<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half time: Germany 0-1 Paraguay<\/p>\n Attack 0-1 Defence. Paraguay<\/a> have defended admirably, had 21% possession and nicked the lead through a fine header from Julio Enciso.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+4 min The resulting corner eventually leads to a rising close-range shot from Kimmich that is held by Gill. Tough chance because a) the angle was tight and b) there are no exclamation marks in this entry so read the room.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+2 min Wirtz plays a short pass from the right into Nmecha, whose cross-shot takes a deflection and spins a few yards wide of the far post.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min Five added minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min \u201cThe commentators are banging on about that goal coming \u2018against the run of play\u2019,\u201d writes Justin Kavanagh. \u201cAgainst the run of Paraguayan footballing history and ambition, more like.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 43 min That was a fine finish from Enciso, who arrived late and slammed his header into the ground. It kicked up towards the far corner and beat Neuer, who barely moved.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Almiron\u2019s corner was punched away by Neuer, but Paraguay<\/a> regained possession and the ball was shifted back out to Almiron on the right. He reversed a cute pass to Galarza, whose flat cross was headed in superbly from 12 yards by Julio Enciso!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.16 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Germany 0-1 Paraguay (Enciso 42)<\/p>\n Paraguay take the lead with their first attack in years!<\/p>\n Paraguay\u2019s Julio Enciso heads home. Photograph: Jewel Samad\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.21 EDT<\/p>\n 41 min \u201cThis is not so much two bald man fighting over a comb,\u201d begins Paul Griffin, \u201cas two bald men completely unable to express themselves over their desire to own the comb.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.41 EDT<\/p>\n 40 min Wirtz drills a flat cross that is headed away by Canale. This makes the aforementioned 2002 game look like an orgy of excitement by comparison.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min Whatever you think of Paraguay\u2019s tactics \u2013 no judgement here, trolls \u2013 they are practising them superbly. Germany have had 81% possession without really threatening to score.<\/p>\n