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FOXBOROUGH \u2014 And so we\u2019re down to but one more match here during this delightful World Cup, and this much we know for sure right now.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s going to have to be an all-timer among all-timers to surpass Monday afternoon\u2019s penultimate one in terms of drama, thrills, and suspense.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paraguay, a heavy underdog, defeated Germany, 4-3, on penalties in the knockout round, reaching the Round of 16 for the first time since 2010. Paraguay had three chances to win the shootout, with Jos\u00e9 Canale drilling the winner into the upper right corner on the sixth kick.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI think we deserved one more game and, to be honest, considering everything that was said [about us being underdogs], everything we went through,\u2019\u2019 said Canale. \u201cBut what I want to highlight from our team is how united we are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s victors will play on the Fourth of July in Philadelphia, against the winner of Tuesday\u2019s match between France and Sweden. The winner of that advances to Foxborough\u2019s World Cup finale on July 9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Germany was bounced from the World Cup before the Round of 16 for the third straight time since winning the tournament in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Monday\u2019s match, the biggest stunner of the World Cup so far save for perhaps Cape Verde\u2019s draw with Spain in group play, had a little of everything \u2014 an unexpected early Paraguay lead, a relentless German offense that couldn\u2019t get results in the first half, the tying goal nine minutes into the second half, a go-ahead goal waved off by replay, an otherworldly performance by Paraguay goalie Orlando Gill, and two tense 15-minute extra periods before the breathtakingly tense shootout.<\/span><\/p>\n

The field tilted in Germany\u2019s direction early on, and for the vast majority of the match. The Germans had 75 percent of the possession; outshot Paraguay, 21-7, including 6-3 on shots on goal; and had 41 touches inside Paraguay\u2019s box to 13 for the eventual victors. At the 35-minute mark, completed passes were in favor of Germany, 233-44.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Paraguay, which played a disciplined, suffocating defense that might have given any hockey fans in attendance flashbacks to the New Jersey Devils\u2019 neutral-zone trap days, defied the odds and expectations by scoring first and having the opportunity to play much of the afternoon with a lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span><\/span>Photos: Paraguay stuns Germany in World Cup elimination game in Foxborough<\/div>\n

In the 41st minute, Julio Enciso, a 22-year-old whose day job is playing for RC Strasbourg in France\u2019s Ligue 1, scored on a dazzling header, redirecting a cross from Matias Galarza. Enciso, the usual leader of Paraguay\u2019s attack, was left unmarked in a collective gaffe by the German defense.<\/span><\/p>\n

When it was over, Enciso cried tears of joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The raucous Paraguay fans \u2014 who sang virtually the entire match, to the constant beat of a drummer who is going to have very sore arms today \u2014 were giddy with their team\u2019s one-goal lead at halftime.<\/span><\/p>\n

It did not last long. Kai Havertz \u2014 who spent much of the match trucking Paraguay defenders and wreaking physical havoc \u2014 slipped a header inside the far post in the 54th minute to even the score. Florian Wirtz set up the goal with a nifty cross to Havertz.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Germany dominating the ball, preventing Paraguay possession and finally finding the net, it may have seemed close to inevitable that it would score again and take command.<\/span><\/p>\n

It could not do so in regulation \u2014 Paraguay\u2019s players actually celebrated reaching extra time \u2014 but Germany appeared to in the 102nd minute, when Jonathan Tah headed in what seemed to be the winner. But Paraguay got a reprieve when the goal was disallowed after review \u2014 VAR identified a foul on Gill by Waldemar Anton \u2014 and a scoreless second half of extra time sent the match to penalty kicks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gill got Paraguay started the way it had hoped, stopping Havertz on the first kick. Paraguay led, 3-2, after three rounds on conversions by Mauricio, Galarza, and Gustavo G\u00f3mez. When Gill stopped Nick Woltemade, Paraguay had its chance to prevail. It finally did on Canale\u2019s winner, a goal for all time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is for all the people of Paraguay,\u201d Gill said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a way, it was for Foxborough, too. There\u2019s one more match to go, but the second-to-last one is going to be remembered here long after the World Cup is complete.<\/span><\/p>\n

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