Paraguay’s coach, Gerardo Martino, has included two novelties in the roster released yesterday evening in Asuncion.
Ariel Bogado (Atlas, Mexico) and Osvaldo Martinez (Libertad, Paraguay) have both become Paraguay internationals for the first time in their careers. Bogado has earned his ticket through his excellent performance in his first season in Mexico. He is [...]

Paraguay received Venezuela in Asuncion, and with this new victory, we have stretched our lead over the South American group.
Recently, Venezuela has been a difficult opponent for the Albirroja, both at home and away. For example, for France 98, the game was ending in a 0-0 draw. Finally, the coach put [...]

Paraguay went to Argentina looking to win, but only brought one point home.
Argentina started the game at a furious pace, which lasted for about ten minutes.
Soon after, Abondanzieri and Heinze fouled up a defensive play while under pressure from Haedo. Heinze scored an own goal, and about ten minutes later Tevez was sent off. [...]

Gerardo “Tata” Martino released the list of twenty-five players for the upcoming games against Argentina and Venezuela on September 6th and 8th, respectively.

They scored six goals on Sunday, becoming the highest scoring foreigners in the first division that day.

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 [...]

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!!

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.

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

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.