I cannot fathom the hate Paraguay is getting. Even if they are irritating and can be floppers and divers.
They beat Germany. They didn't let France, the best attack in the world, score a goal besides questionable pk.
France has 70 million people, tons of academies, tons of money, a recruiting pipeline from African countries that were once French colonies, the Ballon D'or winner, one of the best players in the world in Mbappe, and a team depth that basically only 1 other team can rival.
Yet people are clapping seals for them and ripping on how Paraguay played? A country of 7 million people, a country ranked like 100 in terms of GDP and wealth, ranked 41st in the world via FIFA rankings, and zero stars.
I think only Almiron and Encisco played in the EPL at some point lol. Yet people expect them to go toe to toe with the best team in the world? "But but but anti-football!" They're trying to win. Only people who have never played the game would have the gameplan to play an open game against the best attacking team in the world. Genius.
Well done Paraguay. You guys may have some cheap tactics too, but that's how you take it to the tournament favorites.
Terrible look for France tbh.
Miren a la BASURA de Mbappe, Gill va a darle la mano una vez terminado el partido y la basura lo ignora y le grita en la cara.
Me acabo de bajar del barco de Mbappe, es la peor persona que vi en toda mi vida. No sabe perder ni tampoco sabe ganar.
Sometimes male anger at “women getting special treatment” reminds me of a gorilla experiment. One gorilla gets a banana every hour. The females next to him get one every four hours. Then someone decides to be fairer and gives the females a banana every two hours instead. The original gorilla? He flips out. He's still getting his banana every hour, but it feels like a loss because his advantage shrank. That's how a lot of men react to basic fairness for women: not as justice, but as theft.
La historia del NUEVO HÉROE de Paraguay es de esas que EMOCIONAN. En 2023, Orlando Gill todavía estaba en la Segunda División de Paraguay. Su hijo Lauti acababa de nacer, tuvo complicaciones de salud y, para solventar los gastos médicos, tuvo que vender camisetas que había guardado de recuerdo, como la del Sudamericano U20 y algunos jerseys de su club. No había nada claro, ni en el fútbol ni en su vida personal. Sin embargo, junto a su mujer y su bebé, no dejó de luchar.
En 2024, Orlando se mudó a Argentina para jugar en San Lorenzo de Almagro. Llegó al equipo reserva, sin nada seguro. Se ganó su lugar. Se abrió la puerta del primer equipo. Y después de verlo destacar en Argentina, Gustavo Alfaro lo llevó a la Selección de Paraguay.
Debutó en La Albirroja hace menos de 1 año. Se presentó en la Copa del Mundo con solo 6 partidos internacionales a nivel absoluto. Y pese a las críticas y cuestionamientos de figuras legendarias como José Luis Chilavert, acaba de darle a Paraguay su TRIUNFO MÁS IMPORTANTE Y ÉPICO en toda la historia de las Copas del Mundo.
Cuando Gill debutó con la Selección de Paraguay en 2025, su esposa Melissa escribió: "No fue fácil y nunca será fácil, pero con amor y sacrificio todo se puede... ojalá el mundo entero sepa el gran corazón que tenés y las ganas que tenés de seguir creciendo".
Bueno, pues ese día llegó, querida Melissa. Hoy todo el planeta fútbol sabe quién es Orlando Gill. El nuevo ídolo paraguayo, el guardián de La Albirroja, el papá de Lauti y el PRIMER PORTERO CAPAZ DE GANARLE UNA TANDA MUNDIALISTA A ALEMANIA.
¿Le ganó al juego? No, no.
ORLANDO GILL LE GANÓ A LA VIDA.
🚨🇵🇾 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
ES LA UTOPÍA DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS.
Paraguay vence a Alemania por penales y está en octavos del Mundial 2026.
Es la primera vez en la historia que Alemania pierde una tanda de penales en un Mundial.
LOCURA TOTAL LA ALBIRROJA.
Pase lo que pase, que huevos que puso Paraguay, por favor. Debe ser valorado mas allá de si termina (o no) con final feliz. Es para sacarse el sombrero. Vamos al alargue. Vamos Paraguay.