Never underestimate Paraguay. This is a nation that:
🇵🇾 Still speaks Guaraní despite 300 years of Spanish rule
🇵🇾 Defied Portuguese slavers for 150 years
🇵🇾 Survived a 🇧🇷🇦🇷🇺🇾 invasion that killed half its population
🇵🇾 Defeated Bolivia in the Chaco War
🇵🇾 Outlasted a 35-year dictatorship
A “third-class team”, as German commentators claimed? Should have read some history 😎
Paraguayo se entera en vivo que mañana hay feriado porque Paraguay eliminó a Alemania del Mundial 2026. Archivo histórico multimedia 29 de junio de 2026.
Estados Unidos los bailó y paseó en la primera jornada. Recibieron la tarjeta roja más increíble de la historia ante Turquía. Derrotaron a los turcos jugando con 10 hombres por más de 45 minutos. Sumaron en un partido tenso ante Australia. Y hoy ELIMINARON a Alemania tras vencerlos en penales (algo que nadie había logrado en toda la historia de las Copas del Mundo).
Cualquier otro equipo, con todo esto en contra, ya estaría eliminado y viendo el torneo por TV. Pero ellos son la Selección de Paraguay, señoras y señores. Y un verdadero paraguayo NUNCA se rinde.
De sufrir una goleada en la jornada inaugural, a echar a los alemanes y meterse entre las 16 mejores selecciones del planeta. Solo ellos podrían lograr algo así.
LOS HUEVOS DE LA ALBIRROJA.
🤯🇩🇪 Es la PRIMERA VEZ EN LA HISTORIA que Alemania pierde una tanda de penales en la Copa del Mundo. Sí, había ganado todas.
Para dimensionar lo de Paraguay. 😮💨🇵🇾
🚨🇵🇾 Zlatan Ibrahimović: “Paraguay Didn’t Make History—They Took It.”
“People love to talk about history, but history doesn’t protect you when the whistle blows. Germany arrived carrying four World Cups, decades of success and a reputation that intimidates almost every opponent. Paraguay didn’t care about any of that. They came to write their own chapter, and now they will be remembered as the first nation ever to eliminate Germany on penalties in a World Cup knockout match. That is not luck—that is courage.”
“Everyone expected Germany to find a way. They had the possession, they had the chances, they even thought they had found the winning goal before VAR took it away. Then came the penalty shootout, where pressure separates men from legends. Paraguay never blinked. They stood there, looked Germany in the eye and refused to surrender. That’s the mentality I respect more than anything.”
“People will spend days debating the VAR decision or the missed penalty, but football doesn’t remember excuses. It remembers winners. Paraguay didn’t ask for sympathy, they didn’t ask anyone to believe in them. They earned everything with discipline, sacrifice and absolute belief. Every tackle, every block, every save and every penalty carried the weight of a nation that refused to accept defeat.”
“I also have to give enormous credit to Orlando Gill. Goalkeepers dream of nights like this. He gave his defenders confidence, frustrated Germany for 120 minutes and then became even bigger in the shootout. Those are performances that change careers forever. The entire back line defended like warriors because they trusted the man behind them.”
“This victory is bigger than reaching the next round. Generations of Paraguayan players will grow up knowing that this team achieved something no other country had ever done. They stood on the biggest stage in football and defeated Germany in a World Cup penalty shootout. That record belongs to Paraguay forever. Nobody can erase it.”
“Germany will recover because great football nations always do. But tonight belongs to Paraguay. They didn’t beat Germany with fear, they beat them with belief. And when a small football nation believes harder than a giant, history changes. That’s exactly what happened tonight.”
#GERPAR