BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) — Brazil needed a stoppage-time winner while Paraguay and Morocco prevailed in penalty shootouts to book places in the World Cup round of 16 on Monday.
In Houston, Casemiro and Gabriel Martinelli scored second-half goals as Brazil recovered from a goal down to beat Japan 2-1.
In Boston, goalkeeper Orlando Gill saved two spot kicks as Paraguay overcame Germany 4-3 on penalties.
In Monterrey, Ismael Saibari converted the decisive spot kick as Morocco progressed by beating the Netherlands 3-2 on penalties.
