Their tournament
how their World Cup unfoldedParaguay's Round of 16 exit arrived quietly — a single Mbappé penalty on the hour mark enough to settle matters against France, with the Guaraní offering little in attack across 90 minutes. They had no right to expect much more: a third-place group finish, a negative goal difference, and a squad outclassed in every department by one of the tournament's heavyweights. Their World Cup ends in the last sixteen, undone not by drama or misfortune but simply by the distance between the sides.
Results
Bobadilla 7′Balogun 31′Balogun 45+5′Reyna 90+8′Mauricio 73′
Galarza 2′
Havertz 54′Enciso 42′
Mbappé 70′
Group D standings
how the group finishedGroup D
Final| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸USA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Group winner | |
| 2 | 🇦🇺Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 4 | Runner-up | |
| 3 | 🇵🇾Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | Best third | |
| 4 | 🇹🇷Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 | Out |
Squad
starting XI from France at Paraguay in boldGoalkeepers
- 12Orlando Gill26
- 1Gatito Fernández38
- 22Gastón Olveira33
Defenders
- 2Gustavo Velázquez35
- 3Omar Alderete29
- 4Juan Jose Cáceres26
- 6Júnior Alonso33
- 15Gustavo Gómez33
- 5Fabián Balbuena34
- 13José Canale30
- 26Alexandro Maidana21
Midfielders
- 8Diego Gómez23
- 14Andrés Cubas30
- 19Julio Enciso22
- 23Matías Galarza24
- 11Maurício25
- 16Damián Bobadilla25
- 17Alejandro Romero Gamarra31
- 20Braian Ojeda26
Forwards
- 10Miguel Almirón32
- 7Ramón Sosa26
- 9Antonio Sanabria30
- 18Alex Arce31
- 21Gabriel Ávalos35
- 24Gustavo Caballero24
- 25Isidro Pitta27