Picture : Orlando Gill , Paraguay’s Goalkeeper, was Paraguay’s matchwinner !
World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 19 (June 29) – Round of 32
Germany vs Paraguay 1-1 (pen. 3-4)
*Germany has now failed to reach the World Cup Round of 16 for the third consecutive edition (after 2018 and 2022).
*Both times Paraguay have advanced in the knockout stages of the World Cup have been on penalties (also vs Japan in 2010).
*Paraguay have finally scored first goal in a World Cup knockout match; they did it in their 6th such game.
Paraguay are the national team with the most consecutive knockout-stage matches without scoring in the history of the World Cup (5, between 1986 and 2010).
The next is Switzerland (4 such games between 1934 and 1994).
*Paraguay are the national team that required the most matches (31) to score their first knockout-stage goal in the history of the World Cup, being far ahead in this than:
Mexico, Morocco, Japan (all 21),
Bulgaria, Australia (both 20).
*Gustavo Alfaro vs Julian Nagelsmann is the pair with third largest age gap between opposing coaches in a World Cup knockout match (24 years 343 days), behind:
Cesare Maldini (coach of Paraguay) vs Rudi Völler (Germany) in 2002, Round of 16 (28 years 68 days),
Louis van Gaal (Netherlands) vs Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) in 2022, Quarter-finals (26 years 281 days).
Curiously, the only two Paraguay vs Germany matches in World Cup history both make the top three list.
*Julian Nagelsmann became the youngest head coach (38 years and 341 days old) to manage a World Cup knockout stage match since Henri Michel did so for France against Belgium on 28 June 1986 at 38 years and 243 days.
*Germany are now the team that have played the most extra-time matches in the history of the World Cup (12), surpassing Italy and Argentina (11).
*Germany have lost a penalty shootout at the World Cup for the first time in their history. They have won 4 out of 4 their previous shootouts in the competition.
*Before missing 3 penalties against Paraguay, Germany had missed only one out of the first 18 taken across their first four World Cup shootouts (Uli Stielike in 1982 against France).
*Since the Stielike fail, Germany had a run of 15 consecutive penalties scored in World Cup shootouts. Kai Havertz broke this streak.