Paraguay defeats Brazil 2-0

By: Victor | June 15th, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Another outstanding performance by the Albirroja led to an awaited victory over Brazil. Fans packed the “Defensores del Chaco” in Asuncion, in a sea of red, white and blue. Paraguay had its ups and downs during the game, but with high concentration, perfect teamwork, and character; we were able to keep the Brazilians far from our goal and carry the victory through. Read the rest of this entry »

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Players selected to face Brazil

By: Victor | June 10th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Hopes are high in Asuncion, as the national team is fine tuning its preparation to face Brazil on Sunday. There is a lot of talk about the humble confidence permeating the national team. We want to see this transferred on to the field!! (more…)
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Paraguay and France draw 0-0 in Toulouse

By: Victor | June 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »

Paraguay’s last preparation game before facing Brazil, was against France in Toulouse yesterday. Paraguay’s football was solid and convincing. Now, we just wait for the beast to come to Asuncion on June 15. (more…)
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Oscar “Tacuara” Cardozo hits the 20-goal mark for Benfica

By: Victor | April 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Oscar Rene “Tacuara” Cardozo was playing for Newell’s Old Boys in Argentina before going to the Portuguese Benfica. When he was presented in the club at the beginning of the 2007/2008 season, Benfica president announced that Cardozo would score 20 goals in the season (more…)
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Paraguay disappoints in South Africa

By: Victor | March 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

There was nothing formidable about the Albirroja that presented itself in almost full force in Pretoria, South Africa. We suffered a terrible 3-0 defeat, raising concerns about our performance when one or two regular players are away. (more…)
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Q&A with Roque Santa Cruz

By: Victor | March 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Santa Cruz challenging for ball possession.
Fifa.com published an interview with Roque Santa Cruz this March. Roque doesn’t hold back and talks about his new life at Blackburn Rovers, manager Mark Hughes, teammates, his past at Bayern Munich, and the South American World Cup qualifiers.
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Greetings from the Paraguay World Cup Blog!

By: Victor | March 11th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m pleased to announce I will be posting for the Paraguay World Cup Blog. My name’s Victor, and like most hot-blooded Paraguayans, I am a great fan of the “Albirroja”. (more…)
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It’s over…

By: Daniel | June 16th, 2006 | 19 Comments »

It was short and awful. I hope to see you guys in the next World Cup and that Paraguay prepares more seriously for the next one.
Cheers,
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England 2 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago

By: Daniel | June 15th, 2006 | 5 Comments »

Although that we need to care only in our next games, this result is very interesting to our chances to pass to the next round. Now if hypotetically Paraguay ties with T&T in the points obtained, we propably will have in the goal difference one goal less.
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The only way is to win this game.

By: Daniel | June 15th, 2006 | 6 Comments »

That is what Coach Ruiz said in his last meeting with the press. He also affirmed that Paraguay had troubles getting into the last game in the first 15 minutes, time when England scored its only goal (it really was a own goal). About that unlucky play he mentioned that this goal really ruined the Paraguayan team.
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Brian, I was really optimistic about the Brazil game, as I am about the game against Bolivia. We ar ...[read more]
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Congrats to Paraguay !!! By far the best team in the qualies, so far. ...[read more]
Paraguay defeats Brazil 2-0

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This is incredible!! Although you do not seem surprised by the result Victor. Will the team let do ...[read more]
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Mike, you are right. We have eight players on the national team playing professionally in Mexico. ...[read more]
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Viva Albirroja!
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Victor, I'm a new fan to Paraguay football, so there are a lot of things I am not familiar with. Wh ...[read more]
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Players selected to face Brazil

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It's a security measure avoiding concealed identities. Terrible. ...[read more]
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Roque is a player to watch out for and Paraguay has definitely stepped up their game in the last few ...[read more]
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Greetings from the Paraguay World Cup Blog!

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