Paraguay coach Anibal Ruiz has called up 20 players for a friendly against Wales in Cardiff on March 1 but captain Carlos Gamarra isn’t one of them. Gamarra is out with an inury. Does anyone actually care about Paraguay?

The World Cup kits for Paraguay are out and they look alright. Puma is the provider this year and they have done a decent job with the home jersey. The away one is too plain for my tastes. What do you think?

He might be just 17-years-old but he has a game that is mature behind his years. Jose Arnulfo Montiel is an up and comer in the world of Paraguyan football and as a result he is a player that FIFA has named one to watch.

Give that World Cup trophy some frequent flier points. Continuing on a tour that is taking it to all corners of the globe, the world’s top prize was met with excitement in Asuncion where fans hope that the trophy will be brought back to Paraguay after a triumph in Germany this summer.
Qualifying for the [...]

1 GK VILLAR Justo – (Newells Old Boys, ARG)
2 DF NUNEZ Jorge – (Estudiantes, ARG)
3 DF TOLEDO Delio – (Zaragoza, ESP)
4 DF GAMARRA Carlos – (Palmeiras, BRA)
5 DF CACERES Julio Cesar – (River Plate, ARG)
6 MF BONET Carlos – (Libertad, PAR)
7 MF CABANAS Salvador – (Jaguares Chiapas, MEX)
8 MF BARRETO Edgar – (NEC Nijmegen, NED)
9 [...]

Norway and Denmark will be two opponents for Paraguay as it prepares for the World Cup.
Paraguay will take on Norway, on May 24, and Denmark on May 27. Both games will be played Austria where Paraguay will hold its training camp leading up to the World Cup.
Drawn into a group that feature two strong [...]

More sad news today regarding Paraguay’s Julio Gonzalez. The striker has had his arm amputated, a medical procedure necessitated following a car accident four weeks ago in Italy.
Before the accident Gonzalez had been playing his second season for Serie B side Vincenza in hopes of earning a spot on Paraguay’s World Cup team.

There is something not quite right about Paraguay heading into this World Cup. Sure it has qualified out of South America for the third straight time and has firmly established itself as one of the continent’s best, but something is missing.