Paraguay has knocked Germany out of the 2026 World Cup, beating the four-time world champions in a dramatic sudden-death penalty shootout.
Earlier, Brazil’s Gabriel Martinelli scored in the 96th minute to break Japanese hearts and secure a 2-1 Round of 32 win for the Seleção.
In the day’s final game, Netherlands takes on Morocco.
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Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 10:57am
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Live updates: Netherlands vs MoroccoTue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:55pm
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MOROCOO HAS DONE IT AGAIN!
They have made it to the round of 16 rounds and they have overcome one of the best teams in the world to do it!
The hero is Ismael Saibari.
The hero is Yassine Bounou.
The heroes are all the Moroccan players!
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:54pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:54pm
MOROCCO WINS ON PENALTIES
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Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:54pm
SAIBARI SLOTS HOME!
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Ismael Saibari to win itTue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:53pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:53pm
SUMMERVILLE SEES HIS SHOT SAVED!
Summerville with a long run up.
SAVED!
Summerville powered the ball high and straight and Bounou sticks up one big hand to keep him out!
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:52pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:52pm
HAKIMI MISSES!
Achraf Hakimi HITS THE POST!
OH, MY GOODNESS!
It’s the base of the right post!
We’re back on level terms at 2-2, essentially sudden death now!
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:51pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:51pm
TIMBER SENDS IT WIDE!
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Quinten Timber misses the target completely!
The Moroccans are so close!
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:50pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:50pm
TALBI TAKES OFF!
Chemsdine Talbi with a gorgeous strike!
So confident, he sends it high into the top corner past Vebruggen.
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:49pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:49pm
WEGHORST POWERS IN!
Wout Weghorst as calm as you like!
What a penalty, powering the ball into the top corner, beating the dive of the keeper.
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:49pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:49pm
Soufiane Rahimi JUST scores!
OH, MY WORD!
Soufiane Rahimi has his penalty saved by Bart Vebruggen, but it hits his heel and goes in!
We’re back on level terms!
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:47pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:47pm
JUSTIN KLEIVERT HITS THE POST!
He sends the keeper the wrong way, stutters in the run-up, and he sends the ball into the post!
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:47pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:47pm
EL AYNAOUI HITS THE CROSSBAR!
The Moroccan midfielder powers the ball onto the crossbar!
Netherlands lead.
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:46pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:46pm
Teun Koopmeiners scores first up
And Teun Koopmeiners scores!
Good penalty. The keeper guessed the right way, but it was right in the corner.
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:45pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:45pm
Stress levels at an all-time high
A great set of stressful games since this morning. Lots of cardiologists will gain some patients today.
– Maria
It is very early in the morning in Morocco and the Netherlands, just approaching 6:00am.
Nobody wants to start a day like this, let alone a Tuesday.
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:43pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:43pm
Some say he was born with it …
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Was he born to send the Dutch through to the Round of 16?
The Dutch have won just one of their four World Cup shootouts.
Morocco beat Spain in a shootout four years ago.
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:40pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:40pm
FT: Penalties will decide this one
Germany has already been knocked out of the tournament on penalties today.
Are their near-neighbours and arch-rivals set to join them?
Or will the semifinalists from four years ago, Morocco, be the ones left crushed by the cruellest of blows?
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:40pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:40pm
120+1′ Netherlands charge forward
That’s so important from Anass Salah-Eddine.
Summerville charges down the middle of the pitch towards the penalty area.
But Salah-Eddine is there to coolly poke the ball away from the rampaging Dutch.
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:39pm
Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:39pm
120+1′ There will be one minute added on
Meanwhile, Ismael Saibari is bleeding from a cut above his right eye.
He has to change his shirt and get that sealed up.
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Tue 30 Jun 2026 at 1:36pm
118′ Morocco continues to force the Netherlands back
The Moroccans are the only team that are pushing this game forward now.
They Dutch are being forced deeper and deeper back and, if a goal is going to come in the seconds we have remaining, it’s only coming one way.
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