Germany vs Paraguay, 2002 FIFA World Cup, Second Round

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Germany

88': Oliver Neuville

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1 - 0

Paraguay

90': Roberto Acuña

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Germany are hosting Paraguay at Seogwipo Stadium, Sogwipo, South Korea, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup.

Match Timeline

0': Germany are without the suspended Hamann, Ziege and Ramelow and drop the hapless Jancker. In come Marko Rehmer, Marco Bode, Jens Jeremies and Oliver Neuville. Germany: Kahn, Linke, Metzelder, Frings, Rehmer, Ballack, Jeremies, Schneider, Neuville, Bode, Klose.
0': Paraguay leave their goalscoring heroes against Slovenia - Cuevas and Campos - on the bench but recall Bonet and Struway. Paraguay: Chilavert, Caniza, Arce, Gamarra, Ayala, Struway, Acuna, Bonet, Caceres, Santa Cruz, Cardozo.
0': Can Paraguay reach their first World Cup quarter-final or will the Germans keep up their superb record?
1': Germany kick-off in a new-look 4-4-2 formation. Beckenbauer once said Germany can't play 4-4-2 - this will be a test
1': Santa Cruz chases an early long ball - Linke concedes the throw. Paraguay look for Cardozo over the top but he's offside
2': Bonet goes down the right but he is dispossessed well by Metzelder.
3': Frings's throw finds Neuville and he immeddiately looks for Bode - Ayala concedes a corner
4': Schneider bends it in. Linke and Ayala go for it and the ball breaks for the German defender. he has a crack but he's off-balance and the ball goes wide
4': Paraguay go down the other end and Bonet is the midfielder getting closest to the two strikers - but the Germans clear
6': Paraguay are playing 3-5-2 today, Maldini's preferred formation
6': Paraguay launch it towards Santa Cruz but Kahn is quickest to his flick-on
7': Bode's free kick is headed behind by Ayala - another German corner
8': Neuville takes, Ballack peels off at the near post to get a glancing header but it beats everyone and goes across the face of goal and wide
9': Arce puts in a long-range free kick. Metzelder gets to it but the whistle has gone - German free kick
10': Frings finds Ballack on the edge of the box but he's crowded out by Paraguay and Struway emerges with the ball
11': Frings puts in a long throw. Bode wins the header but he is penalised
11': Chilavert hits a long free kick. Santa Cruz again wins it - but Cardozo's offside
12': Strangely, Paraguay are the more long ball side so far and the Germans have played better football
13': Neuville's throw finds Ballack but his cross is too deep for Bode - but the Germans retrieve the ball and find Ballack 25 yards out.... but his shot is well wide
14': Gamarra fouls Klose 35 yards from goal. Schneider will take..
14': ... but it's much too close to Chilavert and the big keeper claims easily
15': A spell of Paraguay possession is ended by Jeremies' challenge
16': Jeremies finds Neuville, and he is fouled. germany take a quick free kick - without Jancker, they're far more interested in passing the ball
16': Meanwhile, Paraguay's striker Roque Santa Cruz needs treatment
17': Schneider finds Nueville, who looks for Ballack - an excellent tackle by Gamarra
18': Bode is felled and Santa Cruz returns. Schneider is behind it, 30 yards from goal
19': ... but his Leverkusen team-mate Ballack takes and he bends it over the bar
19': Better stuff from Paraguay. Bonet finds Caniza who has a go from 25 yards - Khan watches the ball go wide. He dived, but had the goal covered
20': And a good challenge at the other end by Ayala to ends Schneider's run. The ball breks to Jeremies who has a go from 50 yards - it's comfortably over
21': Schneider brings down Santa Cruz 35 yards out. Will it be Arce?
21': He has a shot and Kahn punches away. Arce got real power but he couldn't direct it to the corner
23': Klose intercepts a poor ball but Paraguay shepherd him wide and Gamarra gets a foot in to win the ball back
24': Paraguay free kick in the centre circle - but ti goes through to Kahn
25': Cardozo wins a header this time - and Santa Cruz is offside now - but Paraguay are winning headers from Chilavert's long balls
26': A scrappy passage of play with several free kicks now - neither side is really on top
27': And Jermeies is upended by a sliding Acuna - he's booked but that was a poor challenge
27': Kahn takes the free kick, Ayala heads it but striaght to Bode. He takes it on the chest and then goes for the volley - but that's headed for Row Z
28': Santa Cruz pulls up a bit as he chases a long ball with Rehmer - the striker is struggling
29': Paraguay do make the change as Santa Cruz departs and Jorge Campos comes on
30': Germany were deep in Paraguay's half but a series of throws and a free kick enable the South Americans to clear
31': An early run fom the sub Campos is ended by an excellent challenge by Frings, who chased back well with him
32': Poor back-pass and Kahn reacts really well to stop Cardozo getting in on goal
32': ... and Bode finds Klose who shoots on the turn - but his half-volley is well over
33': Jermeies robs Struway and there could be a chance of a coutner attack here...
33': ... may benot but Germany have the ball in the Paraguay half and Klose wins a corner
34': .. but maybe at some cost. Klose is down after Gamarra's tackle. Germany need him to be OK to continue
35': Schneider pulls it back to Frings. He mishits his shot but it coems to Linke - who wallops it way over
36': Yellow card! Bernd Schneider is cauioned for dissent after he fouled Caniza
36': Chilavert put in a long free kick. His opposite number Kahn punches unconvincingly. Bonet chips it back in and Ayala is free seven yards out - but his volley is really poor and well wide
37': The best chance of the game so far - Paraguay would have hoped it fell to someone other than Ayala
37': Arce puts in a long pass, Campos turns inside his man and fires a shot from 20 yards. It's going for the top corner - but Kahn makes an excellent save
38': Arce takes the corner, but Jeremies heads away at the near post
39': Acuna looked to release Campos there but Rehmer met the ball and Kahn was able to clear
40': Acuna looks for Campos in space again but he overhits the pass - this is Paraguay's best spell so far
42': More scrappy play in the crowded midfield
43': Acuna finds Caniza after a decent move. Caniza goes for a shot from distance on his less favoured right foot but he pulls it wide
44': Cardozo is appealing for a free kick after a challenge with Rehmer - the referee ignores him
45': Paraguay possession again - Germany seem content to play for half time
45': Jeremies goes down after fouling Arce. he could be hurt, but seems ok to contine
45': Cardozo puts in a deep cross but it goes behind for a goal kick. Poor cross
45': A German move ends in a really poor pass by Rehmer
45': That's half-time. Germany 0 Paraguay 0 - one bad miss, one good save but a really disappointing half
46': The second half surely must be better. The Germans were the more ambitious in the first 30 minutes while the arrival of Campos made Paraguay better but this is certainly a game that needs a goal.
46': Germany bring on Sebastian Kehl for Marko Rehmer. Paraguay are unchanged
46': Paraguay kick off and start with a long ball. The Germans win the header and clear
46': Frings finds Schneider who looks for Ballack - but the pass is intercepted
47': ... but Neuville is in space on the right. he whips in a low ball to Schneider who connects well but it's straight into Chilavert's ample mid-riff
47': First German shot on target and hopefully a statement of intent for Voeller's side
47': ... and Acuna almost releases Cardozo. A more lively half so far
48': Struway brings down Schneider. German free kick 30 yards out
49': Bode takes but he drills it straight into the wall
49': Paraguay break with Arce and now Acuna. he picks out Campos on the left flank and he lets fly from 30 yards. He gets real power there and Kahan can't hold it but the keeper gathers at the second attempt
50': Cardozo runs at Metzelder. The German wins the ball as the sliding striker brings him down. The referee books Cardozo
52': Neuville is brought down by a sliding Gamarra - he could have got the ball there but it's a German free kick 35 yards out
53': Schneider takes and goes for the curler at the near post. Chilavert is beaten and it comes back off the advertising boards - just wide
53': Terrific free kick from Schneider, who scored with one against Saudi Arabia
54': Fings finds Ballack who whips in a cross. Bode rises well and heads the ball down but he directs it straight at Chilavert
55': Frings wins Germany a free kick near the touchline
55': ... which Schneider takes and Gamarra heads away. It comes back to Frings who goes for the long-range effort. He hits it wide
56': This is a better half but it really is a game which needs a goal
57': Handball against Gamarra but Germany take the free kick too wuickly and it goes out for a throw
58': Frings launches it but Chilavert comes and claims
59': The Germans are warming up Jancker. Can't someone score so he doesn't come on?
60': Frank Baumann's coming on instead. Metzelder goes off, maybe feeling the effects of that Cardozo tackle
61': Bode's deep cross is heade away by Caniza. Neuville has a go from 30 yards and the diving Chialvert holds on well
63': More German passing, but this is a match headed for extra time...
64': Neuville wins a corner which he will take himself...
64': Ballack again wins the near-post flick but his header goes straight to Chilavert
65': Arce comes over to the left touchline to take a free kick for Paraguay
65': Arce crosses, Kahan, unchallenged, punches needlessly and it drops to Acuna 30 yards out. His volley, like all too many others, sails way over
66': Cardozo turns Linke and looks for Campos. But his pass is overhit and Germany recover
68': Into the final quarter of the game - will either side gamble on a winner
68': Schneider picks out Frings in room to shoot as he cuts inside from the right flank. He turns inside one... and puts a really poor shot wide and over
69': A good chance and that miss was made all the worse by the fact Klose was calling for it in the middle. Frings can only get better in front of goal today...
70': Arce to put in another free kick. Baumann wins the header and it comes off Caceres for a goal kick
71': First Schneider and then Bode put in crosses which their team-mates can't meet
71': ... and Klose looks for Neuville but the last man, Caceres intercepts
72': Germany are at least trying to score. Paraguay areen't really...
72': ... but they could now. Baumann brings down Bonet on the edge of the box. Booking and a free kick
73': Up comes Chilavert...
73': The wall is taking time to retreat...
74': ... and Chilavert puts it tamely over the bar and waddles back to his goal
75': Cardozo shoots from long range - it's well wide and doesn't trouble Kahn
76': Cardozo looks for Campos - he's offside
77': Ballack's gone very quiet this half. Germany need something from him
77': ... but Ballack crosses here and Klose leaps well only to head over the bar
78': Gamara was hurt there as he rose to try and win the header. He'll go off for treatment
79': Frings makes a determined break down the righ and puts in a good cross which Arce heads behind
80': ... but Neuville's corner is easy for Chilavert
80': I wonder if Neuville's father is called Neuville Neuville...
81': Ballack crosses - it goes over everyone and hits Neuville in the mid-riif Paraguay clear
82': Schnieder finds Klose on the right buy Celso Ayala blocks his shot
83': Kehl makes a break to win a corner. Over comes Neuville...
83': It's a deep cross which Klose reaches but he's learning backwards and heads over the bar
84': Bonet departs to be replaced by Diego Gavilan.
85': Linke puts in long ball which Klose chases but Chilavert reaches
86': Germany are on top but they can't find the goal. Still, they're good at penalties...
87': Schneider kaes a little break, Jeremies knocks it to Bode, but Neuville can't reach his cross
88': Strong defending from Paraguay as they get another cross away...
88': .. but not this time. Schneider gets to the byline and whips in a terrific cross. Neuville meets it on the half-volley with real power...
88': ... GOAL! Surely Oliver Neuville has won it with a superb strike
89': Paraguay desperately need a goal now or they are out
89': Gamarra looks for Caniza. Kahn charges out to claim but he was offside anyway
90': On comes Cuevas for Struway - surely too late for Paraguay, though
91': Schneider's cross is headed on by Frings but it euldes Klose and Paraguay can break
92': And Acuna is sent off after a collision with Ballack. He had already been booked and got a straight red! Ballack was booked for tugging, Acuna red-carded for his subsequent elbow
93': On comes Asamoah for the goalscorer Neuville
93': Paraguay are offside from the subsequent free kick. Kahn can clear
94': Ballack's low cross is too near Chilavert. Cuevas - far more lively than his team-mates - goeson a run and Arce puts in a poor cross
94': And that's it! Germany, as usual, are in the last eight. Neuville's late goal wins it for Voeller's side. A desperately poor game but Germany deserved their win
94': Paraguay go out - just reward for a truly unambitious performance and had Acuna dismissed late on. They defended well but the German pressure told

Statistics

PAR		GER
24	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	3
1	Red Cards	0
8	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	5
4	Saves	4
0	Possession	0
11	SHOTS	19
4	ON GOAL	5
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
2	Crosses	18
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
0	Blocked Shots	0
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
6	Clearances	1

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Seogwipo Stadium
Location: Sogwipo, South Korea

Line-Ups

Germany

No.	Name
1	Oliver Kahn (GK)
2	Thomas Linke
21	Christoph Metzelder
3	Marko Rehmer
13	Michael Ballack
22	Torsten Frings
16	Jens Jeremies
19	Bernd Schneider
17	Marco Bode
11	Miroslav Klose
7	Oliver Neuville

Germany Substitutes:

Sebastian Kehl, Frank Baumann, Gerald Asamoah.

Paraguay

No.	Name
1	José Luis Chilavert (GK)
2	Francisco Arce
5	Celso Ayala
18	Julio Cáceres
21	Denis Ramón Caniza
4	Carlos Alberto Gamarra
10	Roberto Acuña
15	Carlos Bonet
6	Estanislao Struway
20	José Cardozo
9	Roque Santa Cruz

Paraguay Substitutes:

Jorge Campos, Diego Gavilan, Nelson Cuevas.

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