The Paraguayan FA had denied the access to the practice field to all the Swedish journalists. The friction between Paraguayan players and the Swedish press started a couple of weeks before the World Cup had begun when a Swedish woman journalist affirmed that she received an “indecent proposal” from a member of the national team.
Because [...]

Looking more as an image from the movie MATRIX or KILL BILL this was probably one of the few actions that could finished in a goal for the Paraguayan team in the last match against England. Carlos Humberto Paredes sent the ball to the galaxies in front of a desperate Paul Robinson.

Although that we lost last Saturday against England in a very bad game for both teams, it is worth to mention the gesture of England’s goalkeeper Paul Robinson, who after learn the bad injury that the Paraguayan goalkeeper Justo Villar suffered, send him his gloves as a support gesture. This action was really praised by [...]

The first change that had been announced in the Paraguayan line up is the replacement of the defender Delio Toledo, who is injure after the last match against England, by Jorge Nuñez. This was announced yesterday by Coach Ruiz.
With this change the team probably will win speed in the plays made by the [...]

One of the main concerns of the Paraguayan team was the physical condition of Roque Santa Cruz for this World Cup. Even that Roque said that he was very willing of playing against England, and only if he felt really bad he would loss the match, in yesterday’s game he really was a phantom of [...]

Today the Paraguayan team returned to the practices facing the next game against the Swedish team. The players made a little running and then headed to the gym, one of the principal critics that received the team was their physical preparation. Coach Ruiz talked with the players for about 10 minutes in the center of [...]

Paraguay had entered in the World Cup records in the worst form possible:
1.) Carlos Gamarra had the record for the fastest own goal in World Cups;
2.) First match in a World Cup that finished with a defeat with only an own goal; and
3.) Finally the fastest substitution of a goalkeeper in a [...]

The goalkeeper of Paraguay, Justo Villar is out of the World Cup after injuring his knee during the match against England. He was substituted by Aldo Bobadilla after 8 minutes of the first half of the match.
Justo was the goalkeeper during the whole qualifying phase. His last performances in his team Newel’s Old Boys of [...]

What could be said?
Yes, it was a really crappy game. But the only thing that we knew before the match is that of the three games, this one was the game that Paraguay could afford to lose. We could say that it was a possible controlled damage.
As I always said, with this coach we [...]

This photo was publish by the Paraguayan Newspaper ABC Color. Here Carlos “El Colorado” Gamarra is drinking the traditional brevage from Paraguay, the “TERERE”. Is an infusion of cold water with herbs (yerba mate).
The Paraguayan Captain said that this World Cup must be the greatest for him because this will be his last, and [...]