Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Every FIFA World Cup leaves behind a story that transcends the trophy itself. In the wee hours of Tuesday, June 30, that story belonged to Paraguay.
Led by an imperious Orlando Gill, La Albirroja (The White and Red) stared down four-time champions Germany for 120 gruelling minutes before prevailing in a nerve-racking penalty shootout to script the greatest night in the nation’s footballing history.
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German defender, Jonathan Tah blazed their sixth penalty over the crossbar before Jose Canale calmly converted the decisive spot-kick to seal a 4-3 shootout victory after the sides had finished level at 1-1 following extra time. It was Germany’s first-ever defeat in a FIFA World Cup penalty shootout and another painful chapter in a decline that has now seen the four-time champions suffer two group-stage exits and a Round of 32 elimination across the last three editions.
For Paraguay, meanwhile, it was a result that will be spoken about for generations.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
