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Morocco, Brazil and Paraguay advance to Round of 16

The Round of 32 at this year's World Cup finished with some surprises and was full of suspense until the last minute: while Morocco rushed past the Netherlands in a penalty shootout and Brazil advanced after its win against Japan, the surprise victory came from Paraguay over Germany.

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00:02Morocco's team was ecstatic early on Tuesday after its 3-2 win against the Netherlands in the World Cup's round
00:09of 32.
00:11The Atlas Lions rushed into the next round after a decisive goal by Ismail Saibari in a penalty shootout.
00:18The two teams had entered the match with the highest combined ranking of any round of 32 encounter.
00:24Morocco is now set to face Canada in Houston on Saturday.
00:29It will be joined in the round of 16 by Brazil, which is advancing after its win over Japan on
00:35Monday.
00:37Although Japan led the game in the first 30 minutes, five-time champion Brazil ended up scoring a decisive goal
00:44in injury time.
00:46Japan has beaten Brazil only once in 15 games in a friendly match last October.
00:54Meanwhile, Monday also saw a surprise victory from Paraguay over Germany.
00:59The small South American nation became the first team to defeat Germany in a penalty shootout of the World Cup
01:05after scoring four goals, while Germany scored three in total.
01:11Paraguay previously appeared in five previous knockout games but failed to score in each.
01:16It had advanced only once, winning on penalty kicks against Japan in a round of 16 at a 2010 tournament
01:23in South Africa.
01:26Germany has been struggling to make significant advances in the past World Cup events since it last won in 2014.
01:33BUT INCLUDE
01:36Suspense
01:37Google driver

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