Germany vs. Paraguay: Game Roundown

Game Location: Seogwipo, South Korea

Game Attendance: 25,000

Germany vs. Paraguay

Lineups:

Germany (in white jerseys, black shorts): Kahn, Frings, Rehmer, Linke, Metzelder, Schneider, Jeremies, Ballack, Bode, Neuville, Klose Substitutions: Kehl in for Rehmer to begin second half, Baumann in for Metzelder, Asamoah in for Neuville Yellow Cards: Schneider, Ballack, Baumann

Paraguay (in red and white stripes, blue shorts): Chilavert, Arce, Gamarra, Ayala, Caniza, Caceres, Struway, Acuna, Bonet Cardozo, Santa Cruz Substitutions: Campos in for Santa Cruz, Gavilan in for Bonet, Cuevas in for Struway Yellow cards: Acuna Red Cards: Acuna

Game Over

90:00 (+1) Germany subs Asamoah in for Neuville

90:00 (+1) Red card against Acuna

89:00 Paraguay subs in Nelson Cuevas, who scored two against Slovenia, for Estanislao Struway

88:23 Paraguay nice pace to the right of the box, but Kahn runs out and slides to save before Caniza can get to it

87:53 Neuville fires and scores from the right side after a beautiful set up from Schneider on the right side. 1-0 Germany

83:00 Diego Gavilan in for Bonet

82:15 Some nice dribbling and passing by the German side earns them a corner kick from the left side. Neuville kicks, Klose's headball sails over again

79:00 Corner kick from Neuville. Chilavert gathers the bad boot by coming out center

77:35 Injury on the field. Gamarra taken off on a stretcher after injuring himself in head ball duel with Klose

77:12 Ballack nice cross from the deep left side following throw-in. Klose's headball flies over the crossbar

75:32 Germany is definitely creating more chances, but, like in the first half, a solid shot on goal is failing. Paraguay is making the most of its counter-attack chances. Kahn or offsides calls are keeping them from any points

73:34 Paraguay Goalie Chilavert in to take the free kick on the other side of the field. German wall positioned center. Chilavert's ball flies over the crossbar

73:00 Yellow for Baumann after tackle on Carlos Bonet.- Free kick Paraguay

67:54 Schneider slides a nice pace to Frings coming down the right side. Rather than shoot immediately, Frings stops and then sends his set-up shot up and over the crossbar from 6 meters out

63:00 Neuville corner kick, header further by Ballack but safely into Chilavert's hands

62:06 Neuville powers from the right side, but Chilavert dives to his left and clears it left of the goal post

60:00 Frank Baumann in for defender Christoph Metzelder, who appears slightly injured

56:00 Germany is trying harder to creat chances to open up the second half, spending a lot of time in the Paraguay side of the field. The vaunted Paraguay defense has stifled most solid shots

53:50 Frings centers from the outside right but headball from Bode doesn't have enough power and is caught by Chilavert

52:05 Germany free kick from far out curves past the defense, but Schneider can't get it to curl enough and it falls to the right of the goal post.

50:26 A bit more action to open up the second half. Germany is attacking hard, but leaving itself open to counter-attacks as a result

48:00 Paraguay counters fast as Campos unleashes another cannon shot from the left side that's stopped by Kahn

46:33 Germany gets its first big chance of the half. Neuville's nice pass to a streaking Schneider along the right side is for nothing as Schneider's shot goes directly into Chilavert's hands.

End of the First Half

45:00 (+1) Cardozo chips lazily from the right side, but it flies over the crossbar. It's a game of keep away in these final minutes

42:07 With three minutes till half, both teams unsuccessful at creating chances.

36:57 Campos fires after long pass, Kahn diving, one-handed save to his right. Paraguay's is attacking hard in recent minutes and winning corners

35:00 Cardozo dumps a nice cross to Ayala who can't convert the open shot 8 meters from goal. Paraguay's first big chance of the game

34:52 Schneider gets yellow from referee Batres following too much muscle in midfield

33:32 Klose coming down the right side, taken down hard. Grabs his knee, which has been giving him trouble this World Cup, but gets up within a few minutes

31:55 Ballack dumps ball to Klose within the box. The leading goal scorer is swarmed and his shot from close range soars over cross bar

28:52 Campos in for Santa Cruz, Paraguay's star, who has been hobbling since the early moments of the game

26:49 Bode's shot after field-length goal kick from Kahn flies high over the crossbar. Germany's chances, when they get them, see to follow this pattern

25:35 Paraguay's Acuna yellow card after sliding tackle of Jeremies

20:07 Free kick Paraguay from 25 meters out. Arce's kick blocked easily by Kahn.

18:56 Paraguay burst downfield, after a nice pass, Caniza fires from 18 meters out but it rolls wide right past a diving Kahn

17:56 Ballack's free kick goes high and over the goal, has happened a lot to the Bayern midfielder in this tournament

17:12 Free kick for Germany after foul on Bode, 20 meters from goal

15:00 Germany controlling the ball a lot more early on after allowing Paraguay in their side of the field early on. But they have failed to create chances and Paraguay's defenders have been stfiling them close to the goal

13:35 Ballack powers a shot from outside the box, has good velocity but flies over the crossbar

7:15 Ballack header in the box off off pass from Schneider goes wide right

6:47 Both teams are spending time in the other's half of the field early on

2:35 Neuville has a nice charge from the right and tries to leave a touch pass in the box to Bode but Paraguay clears wide. Corner kick unsuccessfull