Germany won a Round of 32 knockout match vs Paraguay.Until the worst call of the 2026 World Cup stole Germany‘s win.Germany couldn’t believe how it was eliminated from the World Cupgetty“If the goal is illegal, then Arsenal won’t be English champions,” former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told MagentaTV. “They’ve scored 60 percent of their goals that way.”The outspoken Klopp couldn’t have been more right, and FIFA owes the entire country of Germany a massive apology. It should have ended Germany 2, Paraguay 1 on Monday before a crowd of 63,945 at Boston Stadium.Instead, a tournament-changing error sent the match into penalties, and Paraguay handed Germany its first shootout defeat in World Cup history.That’s how big FIFA’s miss was — and it left one of the greatest scorers in English football history agreeing with Klopp. “The keeper falls to the ground on a slight touch and it’s very soft,” Alan Shearer said on the BBC. “I thought it was a terrible decision. You have to understand, it is a contact sport. The goalkeeper has conned the referee and the VAR. The way he went down was pathetic.”In the NBA, what Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill pulled off near the net would have been called a ‘flop.’In the Premier League, Germany’s Waldemar Anton briefly connecting with Gill wouldn’t even have made a dent in a normal set piece.Paraguay appears to be holding Germany as the ball arrives from a corner kickx@bbcmotdThe keeper and a Germany defender briefly connect near the goalx@bbcmotdParaguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill goes down and appears to sell an eventual penalty rulingx@bbcmotd“Remember Arsenal did this all of last season and all the pundits didn’t say a word?” one fan tweeted. “Keeper runs into defender and falls,” a second fan posted. “Joke intervention by VAR given how many play-on fouls have been allowed in this (World Cup).”Arsenal recently ended a 22-year Premier League title drought by heavily relying on pushing, tugging and muscling in and around the six-yard box.The World Cup is too global and too important to allow a random video replay decision without precedence to impact two teams, two countries and millions of supporters at the same time.Just imagine the screaming and social media venom if England, USMNT or France lost in the same cruel way that Germany fell on Monday.“In my opinion, this foul was not a real foul,” Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann said. Paraguay won 4-3 on penalties and advanced to the Round of 16gettyGermany couldn’t believe a 2-1 win was taken away by a late penalty in the World Cupgetty“It was actually a joke that his goal was disallowed.”Paraguay — who was blasted 4-1 by Mauricio Pochettino‘s USA team in a Group D opener — was rewarded with a Round of 16 matchup vs either France or Sweden.And a national holiday after the shocking win. “In recognition of the historic victory of the Paraguayan national football team over Germany, an authorized national holiday is declared for June 30,” Paraguay President Santiago Peña wrote.Germany could sack Nagelsmann and promote Klopp, and now has the next four years to try and get over a 2-1 victory that FIFA erased.