Germany crash out of World Cup on penalties as Julian Nagelsmann warned managerial icon could replace him 

Germany have been knocked out of the World Cup with a penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the round of 32.

Jonathan Tah missed the decisive sudden-death spot-kick, which allowed Jose Canale to fire Paraguay to a 4-3 shootout win after the game had finished 1-1 following normal and extra-time.

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After Kai Havertz and Nick Woltemade both missed earlier on in the shootout, the Central American nation passed up their first two opportunities to win the marathon match.

Antonio Sanabria and Fabian Balbuena failed to convert, as Germany dragged themselves level to force sudden death.

But ultimately Julian Nagelsmann came out second best, as they fell to an historic defeat.

This was the first ever time the four-time champions have lost a World Cup penalty shootout, having won all of their previous four.

The game went to extra time after Kai Havertz’s header cancelled out Julio Enciso’s surprise opener, with Tah then seeing a header controversially ruled out by VAR in extra time.

It’s a result that left talkSPORT commentator Kevin Hatchard fearing for the future of Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann.

Reacting to the result at full-time, Hatchard said: “Yes, Nagelsmann has a contract until the next Euros but serious questions are going to be asked.”

Hatchard continued: “There’s going to be a big clamour for Jurgen Klopp… he’s at Red Bull but I think the one role he’d leave this role for is the German national team. He’s really popular in Germany.”

After tipping Liverpool great Klopp for the top job, Hatchard claimed Nagelsmann has failed to instill a winning mentality in his team.

He added: “There’s a fragility about this German side, we’ve seen it against the top teams… they pushed Spain all the way at the last Euros but at this tournament they’ve never looked quite right.”

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Germany’s shock exit sees their World Cup woes continue, who have been eliminated early on each occasion since their 2014 triumph.

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