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Germany is historically a World Cup powerhouse, but of late it's been early exits – with another coming at the hands of Paraguay.
World Cup winners Germany lose a penalty shoot-out against Paraguay to exit the tournament at the last 32 stage. Where did they go wrong - and what did Paraguay get right? Show more Mani Djazmi is joined by German football expert Constantin Eckner and the BBC’s tactics correspondent Umir Irfan to reflect on Germany’s shock defeat against Paraguay at the World Cup.
Germany entered the knockout stage hoping to finally end a drought that stretched back to its 2014 World Cup triumph. Instead, it suffered another painful exit.
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Bitter, tragic, unbelievable, dramatic, sad. There are probably a thousand words to describe this insane finale between Egypt and Iran.Quite a lot had already happened in the match at 1-1 before it
A surprise entrant in Paraguay will face a global power in France on the Fourth of July for a mismatched World Cup round of 16 game. What to know
