Germany

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  Germany's World Cup ended in the Round of 32, and it was arguably the biggest shock of the entire tournament: a 1-1 draw with Paraguay, ranked 41st in the world to Germany's 10th, before Paraguay won 4-3 on penalties. It's the first time in World Cup history Germany have lost a shootout.
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  Kai Havertz equalised early in the second half after Paraguay had led at the break through Julio Enciso — for a while it looked like normal service. Then Havertz, Jonathan Tah and Nick Woltemade all missed in the shootout, and Paraguay's goalkeeper made the saves that mattered.
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  There was also a Jonathan Tah goal ruled out by VAR in extra time, which will get replayed in Germany for a while as the moment that might have changed everything — though Paraguay deserved plenty of credit regardless of that call.
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  Group stage-wise, Germany had looked fine: a 7-1 win over Curaçao and a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast, before a loss to Ecuador in their final game — with qualification already sewn up — turned out to foreshadow the bigger upset to come.
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  Four-time champions going out in the Round of 32 to the 41st-ranked team in the world is the kind of result German football will be picking over for years. For everyone else, it's a reminder that World Cups are unusually good at humbling the favourites — no team, however decorated, gets to skip that lesson forever.