Quick hits: Shootout drama, VAR controversy make for German nightmare

And then Jonathan Tah, the big German centre back, stepped up and did his best Nathan Cleary impression, putting his penalty a good five yards over the cross bar.Paraguay could no longer be denied José Canale put his penalty into the top corner and sparked scenes of delirium to rival anything Paraguayan football has experienced before.The Germans will rue the penalty shootout mistakes, but they will also direct some of their ire at the match officials.Shortly before half-time in extra-time, about 103 minutes into the match, Tah headed home from a Nathaniel Brown corner and looked for all money to have settled the tie in Germany's favour.But with both sides lined up at the kick-off ready to get the game back underway, referee Jalal Jayed gestured to his earpiece and then scampered across to the pitch-side TV