Paraguay make history! 🇵🇾
After scoring their first-ever @FIFAWorldCup knockout goal, they went on to defeat Germany on penalties and secure a spot in the Round of 16 👏
🚨🇵🇾 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
Brasileños, argentinos, ecuatorianos, bolivianos, chilenos, colombianos etc.
Literalmente TODOS celebrando el triunfo de Paraguay sobre Alemania el día de hoy.
El día que un país unió a toda LATAM.
🏟 En la cancha estuvieron:
Neuer: MEJOR ARQUERO de la HISTORIA
Musiala: MAYOR PROMESA ALEMANA
Kimmich: FIGURA y CAPITÁN del BAYERN
Wirtz: FIGURA del LIVERPOOL
Y el mejor fue MATIAS GALARZA FONDA
Hoy nació una LEYENDA DE PARAGUAY. Hoy se convirtió en HÉROE NACIONAL. Hoy se grabó por siempre en el libro dorado de la Copa del Mundo. Figura en los 120 minutos de partido. Y el MVP ABSOLUTO en los penales. Aquí está la razón por la que Alemania perdió una tanda de penales mundialista por primera vez en toda su historia. Havertz y Woltemade lo van a soñar toda su vida. De pie ante Orlando Gill, por favor. ÍDOLO TOTAL.