By DAVID MOSSE

Boca Juniors looks to get back in the win column on Sunday (5:10 p.m. ET) against Independiente after being very fortunate to salvage a 1-1 draw with San Lorenzo last time out. Goalkeeper Agustin Orion has earned rare reviews and a national team call since joining Los Xeneizes, but he was partly at fault for Gabriel Mendez's free kick.

By DAVID MOSSE

Boca Juniors had a disappointing debut in this Apertura Championship, being held to a scoreless draw by Olimpo last weekend. Julio Falcioni is already under pressure, especially with a possible presidential election looming, and would love a victory over Union on Monday (8:15 p.

Justice was done. The better team actually won and quite comfortably. The Guarani had come to the finals with no wins in their five matches and it would have been a travesty of immense proportions if they had managed to pull off another penalty shootout win.

It never happened because Uruguay went on the fore foot right away and their two strikers delivered.

Pura garra. Puro equipo. Puro fútbol. Eso fue Uruguay durante los últimos días, y tras vencer por 3 a 0 a Paraguay se coronó Campeón de América. En un Monumental que fue celeste, en una Buenos Aires invadida por uruguayos que en los últimos días no dejaban sus banderas ni para cenar y cuando alguno arengaba alzaban el puño cada vez más victorioso, el equipo del maestro Oscar Tabárez confirmó que la mejor estrella en el fútbol es el equipo.

By DAVID MOSSE

Paraguay goalkeeper Justo Villar has emerged as an unlikely hero in this 2011 Copa America after helping his team earn another shootout victory on Wednesday against Venezuela. Gerardo Martino's side has yet to claim a single victory in five games but will take on Uruguay next with an opportunity to capture its first Copa America title since 1979, and Villar figures to be busy again.

Sometimes there simply is no justice in football. Sometimes the one team that plays like a bunch of violent shits wins, and this has just happened with Paraguay, who has made it to the final of the Copa América by not winning a single match in ordinary time. Instead, they retort to defensiveness, dirty tricks and filthy provocations to make it to the penalty kicks, where their only "good" player

18.07.2011 - Paraguay pasó a semifinales de la Copa América 2011 dejando eliminado a Brasil, Justo Villar atajó hasta con los huevos, Gerardo Martino (DT) admitió que "tuvimos culo", Larissa Riquelme, Patty Orue y Gaby Wolscham (des)vistieron las tribunas y la gente inundó las calles de Paraguay.

Could there be any more dire penalty taking than the Selecao display against Paraguay? Elano and Andre Santos were completely off target while Thiago Silva's effort was saved by Justo Villar. Each miss left the Brazilians in the stands looking incredulous.

At the other end Paraguay kept its nerve after Edgar Barreto dragged his shot wide left.

La lotteria dei calci di rigore si rivela fatale anche per l'altra candidata numero uno alla vittoria finale della Coppa America 2011. Il Brasile campione in carica, dopo quanto successo all'Argentina, cade dagli undici metri ed esce dal torneo, a vantaggio del Paraguay di "Tata" Martino, trascinato in semifinale dalle magiche parate di Justo Villar [.

I cannot not watch football. But I am angry and bitter, so I think that from now on, I am renaming my site the bitter football fanatic. Nobody reads this shit anyway, so I am going to be a hooligan blogger.And first, I just watched Brazil get eliminated by little Paraguay. Brazil should have won, but Paraguay´s goalkeeper Justo Villar was an impenetrable wall today.

I cannot not watch football. But I am angry and bitter, so I think that from now on, I am renaming my site the bitter football fanatic. Nobody reads this shit anyway, so I am going to be a hooligan blogger.And first, I just watched Brazil get eliminated by little Paraguay. Brazil should have won, but Paraguay´s goalkeeper Justo Villar was an impenetrable wall today.

Yes, I'm just in time for the penalties.
Elano is up first. Versus Justo Villar - and DAMN if he doesn't sky it like Carli Lloyd. "Horrible!" gasps the announcer.

Brazil were fortunate to draw with Paraguay in the Group stage

Brazil take on Paraguay in the quarter-finals of the Copa America this afternoon in La Plata. With hosts Argentina out of the competition, Brazil are now the firm favourites but Paraguay will be a tricky opponent. In the Group stage, the pair drew 2-2; Fred coming off the bench to secure a late equalizer for Brazil.

By FRANCO PANIZO

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The quality of play from the U.S. men's national team was much improved against Paraguay than it was three days prior versus Argentina, but that didn't translate into a victory for the Americans.

Paraguay defeated the United States, 1-0, through an Oscar Cardozo goal in the first half.

GK: Justo Villar (Valladolid), Diego Barreto (Guarini) DEF: Antolín Alcaraz (Wigan Athletic), Marcos Cáceres, Paulo Da Silva (Real Zaragoza), Víctor Hugo Mareco (Brescia), Miguel Samudio (Libertad), Aureliano Torres (San Lorenzo), Darío Verón (UNAM Pumas) MID: Edgar Barreto (Atalanta), Marcelo Estigarribia (Newell's Old Boys), Osvaldo Martínez (Monterrey), Osmar Molinas (Olimpia), Néstor Ortigoza (Argentinos Juniors), Hernán Pérez (Villarreal), Cristian Riveros (Sunderland), Marcos Riveros (Nacional), Enrique Vera (LDU Quito) FOR: Lucas Barrios (Borussia Dortmund), Oscar Cardozo (Benfica), Edgar.