The President said it: “Paraguay and Sweden will pass to the next round…”

In an interview conceded to the Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, the President of Paraguay, Nicanor Duarte Frutos said that he believes that Paraguay and Sweden will make to the next round of the World Cup, leaving England behind. He also mention that he thinks that Paraguay actually could go all the way down until the Finals.

On the same interview he told to Michael Wagner that the most important player of the national team in his view is Carlos Gamarra considering his strength and natural leadership inside the team after the retirement of Jose Luis Chilavert. About Roque Santa Cruz, he said that he is his favorite. Finally, the President and the reporters played a little football in his office.

Obviously it is the dream of every politician that their national teams win the World Cup because the whole country will have a couple moths of happiness, forgetting about all their everyday troubles.