"With the evening sun melting away across the pitch extra time arrived like one of life’s inevitabilities, like New York traffic, aimless possession, tactical Paraguayan fouls, death."
Good sports writing is underrated.
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Canale and Gill the heroes as Paraguay hand Germany first World Cup shootout defeat
Germany lost their first World Cup penalty shootout in dramatic fashion after a tense 1-1 draw after extra time