Paraguay 1 – 1 Germany

WORLDCUP · June 29, 2026 · Final

🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

Germany and Paraguay played to a one-all draw in World Cup action on June twenty-ninth, and the scoreline does not begin to tell the story of how lopsided this one actually was.

Germany controlled this match from the opening whistle, finishing with seventy-five percent possession and twenty-one total shots to Paraguay's seven. Joshua Kimmich was the engine of it all — five shots, one hundred twenty-eight accurate passes, the man was everywhere. But Paraguay's goalkeeper stood tall, making six saves to keep his side alive, and that resilience ultimately paid off.

Germany struck first and looked to be cruising, but Paraguay refused to fold. Julio Enciso was the spark for the underdogs, generating three shots and staying dangerous every time he touched the ball. When Paraguay finally equalized, it silenced what had been a dominant German performance and shifted the entire complexion of the match.

Antonio Rüdiger was a wall at the back for Germany with twelve defensive interventions, and Manuel Neuer made two crucial saves to preserve the point when Paraguay pushed late. But sixteen corner kicks for Germany, six shots on goal, and only one converted — that's the story of the night. Paraguay came in, absorbed the pressure, and earned a result that felt impossible for sixty minutes.

Germany's dominance went unrewarded, and Paraguay leaves with a point that could prove massive in the group stage. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Complete Play-by-Play

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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

Attempt blocked. Julio Enciso (Paraguay) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Júnior Alonso with a headed pass. 1'

Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Aleksandar Pavlovic. 1'

Attempt saved. Júnior Alonso (Paraguay) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner by Manuel Neuer (Germany). Assisted by Julio Enciso with a cross. 2'

Andrés Cubas (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 3'

Foul by Kai Havertz (Germany). 3'

Delay in match because of an injury Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay). 4'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 5'

Attempt missed. Deniz Undav (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kai Havertz. 6'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by José Canale. 7'

Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner. 8'

Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 10'

Foul by Aleksandar Pavlovic (Germany). 10'

Foul by Julio Enciso (Paraguay). 11'

Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 11'

Delay in match because of an injury Juan José Cáceres (Paraguay). 13'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 14'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Miguel Almirón. 14'

Orlando Gill (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 15'

Foul by Aleksandar Pavlovic (Germany). 15'

Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 21'

Foul by Nathaniel Brown (Germany). 21'

Foul by Matías Galarza (Paraguay). 22'

Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 22'

Gabriel Ávalos (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 23'

Foul by Jonathan Tah (Germany). 23'

Delay in match for a drinks break. 23'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 26'

Offside, Germany. Leroy Sané is caught offside. 29'

José Canale (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 31'

Foul by Deniz Undav (Germany). 31'

Attempt blocked. Kai Havertz (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Pavlovic. 33'

Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 35'

Foul by Felix Nmecha (Germany). 35'

Matías Galarza (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 37'

Foul by Aleksandar Pavlovic (Germany). 37'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Juan José Cáceres. 39'

Handball by Aleksandar Pavlovic (Germany). 40'

Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Nathaniel Brown. 41'

Goal! Germany 0, Paraguay 1. Julio Enciso (Paraguay) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matías Galarza with a cross following a corner. 42'

Attempt missed. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. 45'

Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time. 45'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Gustavo Gómez. 45'+1'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by José Canale. 45'+2'

Attempt missed. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left following a corner. 45'+3'

Offside, Germany. Kai Havertz is caught offside. 45'+3'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Damián Bobadilla. 45'+4'

First Half ends, Germany 0, Paraguay 1. 45'+6'

Second Half begins Germany 0, Paraguay 1. 45'

Substitution, Germany. Leon Goretzka replaces Felix Nmecha. 45'

Offside, Germany. Florian Wirtz is caught offside. 49'

Attempt missed. Julio Enciso (Paraguay) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. 50'

Goal! Germany 1, Paraguay 1. Kai Havertz (Germany) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a cross. 54'

Substitution, Paraguay. Gustavo Caballero replaces Gabriel Ávalos. 55'

Attempt blocked. Leon Goretzka (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. 56'

Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Pavlovic (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leon Goretzka. 56'

Delay in match because of an injury Julio Enciso (Paraguay). 56'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 57'

Substitution, Paraguay. Mauricio replaces Julio Enciso because of an injury. 57'

Attempt saved. Gustavo Caballero (Paraguay) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Manuel Neuer (Germany). Assisted by Mauricio with a cross. 59'

Foul by Matías Galarza (Paraguay). 61'

Kai Havertz (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing. 61'

Mauricio (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 62'

Foul by Nathaniel Brown (Germany). 62'

Substitution, Germany. Jamal Musiala replaces Deniz Undav. 63'

Foul by Andrés Cubas (Paraguay). 65'

Kai Havertz (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 65'

Andrés Cubas (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 65'

Attempt blocked. Leroy Sané (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. 66'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Damián Bobadilla. 67'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Miguel Almirón. 67'

Orlando Gill (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 67'

Foul by Aleksandar Pavlovic (Germany). 67'

Gustavo Caballero (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing. 68'

Foul by Jonathan Tah (Germany). 68'

Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Nathaniel Brown. 69'

Attempt missed. Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mauricio with a cross following a corner. 70'

Foul by Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay). 70'

Manuel Neuer (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 70'

Delay in match for a drinks break. 70'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 73'

Offside, Paraguay. Gustavo Caballero is caught offside. 77'

Attempt saved. Kai Havertz (Germany) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Orlando Gill (Paraguay). Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a cross. 78'

Foul by Damián Bobadilla (Paraguay). 78'

Nathaniel Brown (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 78'

Substitution, Germany. Waldemar Anton replaces Aleksandar Pavlovic. 79'

Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. 80'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Júnior Alonso. 86'

Attempt missed. Leon Goretzka (Germany) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a cross following a corner. 86'

Offside, Germany. Waldemar Anton is caught offside. 86'

Substitution, Germany. Nick Woltemade replaces Leroy Sané. 88'

Gustavo Caballero (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 89'

Foul by Waldemar Anton (Germany). 89'

Attempt blocked. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Waldemar Anton. 90'+1'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Andrés Cubas. 90'+1'

Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time. 90'+1'

Attempt saved. Jonathan Tah (Germany) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Orlando Gill (Paraguay). Assisted by Nathaniel Brown with a cross. 90'+2'

Attempt blocked. Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. 90'+3'

Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Waldemar Anton. 90'+3'

Foul by Júnior Alonso (Paraguay). 90'+3'

Florian Wirtz (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 90'+3'

Matías Galarza (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 90'+5'

Foul by Waldemar Anton (Germany). 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Germany 1, Paraguay 1. 90'+6'

Substitution, Paraguay. Gustavo Velázquez replaces Miguel Almirón. 90'

First Half Extra Time begins Germany 1, Paraguay 1. 90'

Attempt blocked. Nick Woltemade (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. 93'

Attempt blocked. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. 93'

Foul by Juan José Cáceres (Paraguay). 94'

Florian Wirtz (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing. 94'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Juan José Cáceres. 95'

Attempt missed. Nick Woltemade (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. 97'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by José Canale. 97'

Substitution, Paraguay. Braian Ojeda replaces Juan José Cáceres. 99'

Substitution, Paraguay. Antonio Sanabria replaces Damián Bobadilla. 99'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by José Canale. 102'

Orlando Gill (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 102'

GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Jonathan Tah (Germany) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review. 102'

Foul by Waldemar Anton (Germany). 102'

VAR Decision: No Goal Germany 1-1 Paraguay. 104'

Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time. 105'

Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Nathaniel Brown. 105'+2'

Foul by Mauricio (Paraguay). 105'+4'

Waldemar Anton (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing. 105'+4'

Attempt saved. Kai Havertz (Germany) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner by Orlando Gill (Paraguay). Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a cross. 105'+4'

Delay in match because of an injury Orlando Gill (Paraguay). 105'+5'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 105'+5'

First Half Extra Time ends, Germany 1, Paraguay 1. 105'+5'

Second Half Extra Time begins Germany 1, Paraguay 1. 105'

José Canale (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 106'

Foul by Kai Havertz (Germany). 106'

Kai Havertz (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 106'

Antonio Sanabria (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the right wing. 107'

Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Germany). 107'

Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Jonathan Tah. 107'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Gustavo Caballero. 110'

Substitution, Germany. Nadiem Amiri replaces Florian Wirtz. 110'

Substitution, Germany. Malick Thiaw replaces Antonio Rüdiger. 110'

Attempt saved. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal by Orlando Gill (Paraguay). 111'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Orlando Gill. 111'

Foul by Júnior Alonso (Paraguay). 113'

Jamal Musiala (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing. 113'

Matías Galarza (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 115'

Foul by Jamal Musiala (Germany). 115'

Jamal Musiala (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 115'

Delay in match because of an injury Matías Galarza (Paraguay). 116'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 117'

Foul by Matías Galarza (Paraguay). 117'

Jamal Musiala (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 117'

Matías Galarza (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 117'

Corner, Germany. Conceded by Mauricio. 118'

Attempt saved. Waldemar Anton (Germany) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal by Orlando Gill (Paraguay). Assisted by Nathaniel Brown with a cross. 119'

Foul by Matías Galarza (Paraguay). 120'

Kai Havertz (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 120'

Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time. 120'+1'

Attempt missed. Nadiem Amiri (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick. 120'+1'

Substitution, Paraguay. Fabián Balbuena replaces Júnior Alonso. 120'+2'

Second Half Extra Time ends, Germany 1, Paraguay 1. 120'+3'

Penalty Shootout begins Germany 1, Paraguay 1. 120'

Penalty saved. Kai Havertz (Germany) left footed shot saved in the top centre of the goal by Orlando Gill (Paraguay). 120'

Goal! Germany 1, Paraguay 1(1). Mauricio (Paraguay) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. 120'

Goal! Germany 1(1), Paraguay 1(1). Joshua Kimmich (Germany) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. 120'

Goal! Germany 1(1), Paraguay 1(2). Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. 120'

Goal! Germany 1(2), Paraguay 1(2). Jamal Musiala (Germany) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. 120'

Goal! Germany 1(2), Paraguay 1(3). Matías Galarza (Paraguay) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. 120'

Penalty saved. Nick Woltemade (Germany) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Orlando Gill (Paraguay). 120'

Penalty missed. Antonio Sanabria (Paraguay) right footed shot is close, but misses to the left. 120'

Goal! Germany 1(3), Paraguay 1(3). Nadiem Amiri (Germany) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. 120'

Penalty saved. Fabián Balbuena (Paraguay) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Manuel Neuer (Germany). 120'

Penalty missed. Jonathan Tah (Germany) right footed shot is too high. 120'

Goal! Germany 1(3), Paraguay 1(4). José Canale (Paraguay) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner. 120'

Penalty Shootout ends, Germany 1(3), Paraguay 1(4). 120'

Match ends, Germany 1(3), Paraguay 1(4).