Live Match Commentary
Up-to-the-Second Score: Paraguay 0, Germany 1 -- FINAL FULLTIME MATCH REPORT
90'+4- Final whistle blows as Germany advances to quarterfinals to face either Mexico or the U.S., and Paraguay goes home.
90'+2- Acuna ejected for retaliatory elbow on Ballack, who receives a yellow for clattering into Acuna from behind.
90'+1- Paraguay sub: Cuevas on for Struway, but it's a little late now for the first-round hero.
88'- GOAL GERMANY. Neuville shoots near post and scores from seven yards, on Schneider cross from right side.
83'- Paraguay sub: Gavilan on for Bonet.
83'- Klose heads well over the bar from far post on corner kick from left.
82'- If score remains tied at the end of regulation, 30 minutes of golden-goal overtime will be played, followed by a penalty -kick tiebreaker if necessary.
81'- Neuville gets space off cross from right, but is surprised and fails to settle when it lands in his lap.
79'- Arce heads Frings cross from right over the endline and out of danger; Chilavert catches the resulting corner kick.
78'- Klose rises high over Gamarra to head over from 10 yards on a cross from the right; Gamarra is stretchered off.
74'- Chilavert fires freekick over the bar and races back to his own goal.
72'- Baumann cautioned for getting his cleats into Bonet on a straigh-on tackle, giving Chilavert a chance for a freekick 24 yards from goal.
70'- Paraguay freekick from right touchline headed down and out for goalkick, even though it appeared to go out off the arm of a German defender.
69'- Frings takes pass into area on right, cuts back and curls left-footer over the bar from 12 yards.
67'- Neuville called offside.
65'- Kahn punches away Paraguay freekick from left touchline, as five players go down in the box.
64'- Ballack flicks on Neuville corner kick from left, into the waiting arms of Chilavert.
62'- Chilavert dives left to make save as Neuville tests his near post from 20 yards.
60'- Germany sub: Baumann on for Metzelder.
52'- Bode heads weakly straight to Chilavert from 12 yards, on cross from right side.
52'- Gamarra called for foul on Neuville toward right side; Schneider sneaks a shot just past the right post from 30 yards on freekick. Metzelder comes back on after receiving injury treatment.
50'- Cardozo cautioned for tackle from behind on Metzelder.
49'- Kahn bobbles shot by Jorge Campos and dives on loose ball.
47'- Neuville gets around the back on the right side and crosses to Schneider, who shoots straight at Chilavert from 10 yards.
46'- Germany sub: Kehl on for Rehmer.
46'- Second half under way. (All references to "right" and "left" are from the perspective of the attacking team, unless otherwise noted.)
Second Half
45'+2 - Halftime whistle blows with scored tied 0-0. The winner of this match goes on to play the winner of Mexico-United States.
45' - Jeremies called for fouling Arce near midfield, and the Paraguayan sneaks in a retaliatory kick.
43' - Denis Caniza shoots wide left of the goal from 25 yards.
38' - Kahn dives left to save Jorge Campos' 20-yard blast; ensuing corner kick is cleared.
37' - Celso Ayala mis-hits a wide-open volley from 10 yards, after Kahn's punch of Chilavert's freekick is sent back in.
36' - Bernd Schneider cautioned, apparently for dissent, after he called for backing into a player on an aerial challenge.
34' - Gamarra called for fouling Klose from behind in right corner; Linke shoots well over the bar from same spot as Klose's shot two minutes earlier after freekick is laid back and misfired.
32' - Klose fires over the bar with quick, right-footed shot from 14 yards.
32' - Kahn slides out to clear ball with feet at 18 yards.
29' - Paraguay sub: Jorge Campos comes on as Santa Cruz limps off.
27' - Bode chests down poor clearance of Kahn freekick and volleys over the bar from 20 yards.
27' - Acuna cautioned for sliding tackle on Jeremies.
25' - Santa Cruz caught in offside trap.
24' - Germany called for foul against Santa Cruz at midfield.
21' - Kahn punches away Arce's 30-yard freekick, and a foul is called on Paraguay before the ball comes back down.
19' - Kahn dives left but doesn't have to touch Denis Caniza's shot from long-distance as it goes past the right post.
18' - Ballack fires freekick over the goal from 25 yards, as Santa Cruz comes back on.
16' - Paraguay's Santa Cruz off the field being treated for injury.
13' - Ballack shoots wide of the right post from 22 yards.
9' - Paraguay whistled for foul in German penalty box.
8' - Ballack flicks on a corner kick past the far post.
4' - Linke shoots wide right off Germany corner kick.
1' - Match under way.
Kickoff at 2:30 a.m. EDT; 6:30 a.m. GMT. Match kicks off the single-elimination phase of the World Cup.