The round of sixteen opens with exciting and agonizing matches: Germany says goodbye to the World Cup while Brazil wins in the final minutes

This World Cup has already started to take shape, there are already four teams qualified for the round of 16, with tremendous disputed qualifiers, with great surprises and good football. This round of round of thirty-two, opened with the match between one of the hosts, Canada and South Africa. This match was the first knockout match of this World Cup, with a final score of 1-0 in favor of Canada with a goal in final stoppage time, in what was a rather tough match with few chances, which finally went to the side of the hosts.

This Monday, June 29, exciting qualifiers have been experienced, with goals in the last minutes, unexpected surprises, and the first two penalty shootouts of this tournament. At 7:00 p.m., Japan faced one of the favorites, Brazil. The match began with an unexpected script, as it was Japan who was more comfortable, even managing to go 1-0 with a great goal in the first half. However, they could not maintain this level during the second half, and it was Brazil who dominated the rest of the match. This dominance was reflected in the result, which ended 2-1 in favor of Brazil, with a second goal in the final minutes, leaving a very happy ending for the Brazilians and very cruel for the Japanese, who said goodbye to this World Cup playing a great role.

Next, Germany and Paraguay would face each other. In what seemed like a knockout round quite tilted to one side, we had the biggest surprise of the tournament. Paraguay took the lead, and after a great defense throughout the match, managed to draw one-all against Germany, and force the first extra time of this competition. The script was the same as in the ninety minutes, Germany attacking and Paraguay defending with everything. With that, time ran out and penalties began. After an agonizing shootout, in which Germany missed three penalties, Paraguay achieved qualification and consummated the great surprise of the World Cup so far.

Finally, in the early hours of June 30, Morocco and the Netherlands faced each other in another exciting knockout match. The Netherlands managed to take the lead in the 72nd minute, with a goal from Cody Gakpo. After this, Moroccan dominance increased, and after a cross into the area, they got the reward of a goal again in the final stoppage time of the match. This led to extra time in which not much happened, thus reaching another penalty shootout. Both teams had misses, but the Moroccans seemed to kick with more confidence. Finally, the Dutch missed three penalties, compared to two for Morocco, giving qualification to the Africans.