Arsenal striker Kai Havertz equalized for Germany with a stunning header past the Paraguayan goalkeeper.<\/strong><\/p>\n As Germany looked for a decisive breakthrough to stabilize their rhythm, the all-or-nothing moment came in the 54th minute, cutting through Paraguay’s solid defence.<\/p>\n Liverpool midfielder Florian Wirtz delivered a beautifully weighted, pinpoint cross deep into the penalty area.<\/p>\n Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above apple<\/u><\/span> & Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The highest-rising Arsenal forward headed into the far corner, completely beating the outstretched arm of the Paraguayan shot-stopper and forcing Germany into the tie.<\/p>\n See the goals below.<\/p>\n Havertz’s equalizing goal brought a huge sigh of relief to Julian Nagelsmann on the sideline, but it did little to mask the serious problems plaguing the four-time world champions.<\/p>\n Germany entered the tournament with high expectations, but have struggled mightily to demonstrate their usual soccer superiority on the world stage.<\/p>\n Want more Catchoffside coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favorites list of trusted news<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Aside from an explosive opening win, Nagelsmann’s team lacked cohesion, defensive stability and tactical fluidity.<\/p>\n A shock defeat to Ecuador in the group stage exposed serious vulnerabilities in the face of attacking and transitional counter-attacks, while the star-studded attacking trident of Havertz, Wirtz and Jamal Musiala has come under scrutiny for failing to consistently reproduce their stellar club form.<\/p>\n The match will go into extra time, but the pressure remains on Germany to prove they can firmly establish themselves as genuine title contenders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arsenal striker Kai Havertz equalized for Germany with a stunning header past the Paraguayan goalkeeper. As Germany looked for a decisive breakthrough to stabilize their rhythm, the all-or-nothing moment came in the 54th minute, cutting through Paraguay’s solid defence. Liverpool midfielder Florian Wirtz delivered a beautifully weighted, pinpoint cross deep into the penalty area. Download […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-49414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Germany wasn’t very convincing in this World Cup.<\/h2>\n