On Sunday afternoon, the first match in Buenos Aires of the 2011 Copa América is played. It's the
tournament final, and the lineup for it illustrates perfectly how iconoclastic this edition of the
tournament has proven. Uruguay and Paraguay are ... Continue reading →
In a special edition of Hand Of Pod, Sam and the Dans are joined by Ralph Hannah, an English expert
on Paraguayan football who was kind enough to drop in on us when visiting Buenos Aires with his
wife for ... Continue reading →
Paraguay come into the 2010 World Cup on the back of an impressive qualifying campaign. Only 1
home defeat out of 9 helped Paraguay to 3rd place in the South American group, finishing just 1
point behind winners Brazil.
Home wins against Brazil and Argentina have shown they have potential but who is likely to be on
the plane for Paraguay's 8th World Cup?
We've been here before, and there's not a lot else more to say. In Asunción on Wednesday night,
needing a win to remain in the automatic qualification spots for the 2010 World Cup, Argentina
slumped to a defeat which sees Paraguay qualify for South Africa. Seba Verón was sent off early in
the second half [.
Argentina travel to Asunción to take on Paraguay later tonight, with the team unlikely to be
announced until very shortly before kick off. Whether Diego Maradona has any idea what it's going
to be himself is anyone's guess. There are some educated guesses to be made, though. There's also
some discussion to be had of [.
In the wake of Saturday night's humiliation in Rosario at the hands of Brazil, Diego Maradona has
been experimenting with personnel (if not formation) during Monday's training sessions. Whilst the
outfield positions are still up in the air, one position that does look guaranteed to change is in
goal, where Maradona seems set to use [.
It was second versus first in the Estadio Monumental on Saturday afternoon, as Argentina hosted
leaders Paraguay in the South American qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. The selección didn't
look particularly hot in front of their own fans, falling a goal down early on after dominating the
opening exchanges before going a man down [.
It could have been a tricky tie for Estudiantes, facing Paraguayans Libertad. The visitors are
adept at getting on the nerves of sides from bigger countries, and a visit to Asunción in the
second leg won't have been what Alejandro Sabella and his boys were dreaming of. It took just 28
seconds for Gastón 'La [.
Libertad hit the heights (EFE)Paraguay's resurgence on the international football scene continued
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this week, as Libertad became the first team to qualify for the last sixteen of the 2009 Copa
Libertadores. Libertad, champions of Paraguay for the last four seasons, demonstrated ably their
ability to translate domestic dominance into international success by beating Argentina's San
Lorenzo 2-0 at
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San Lorenzo gave River Plate a pasting in the league back on Sunday, but in midweek in the Copa
Libertadores both sides suffered the same fate, losing limply to their hosts. Whilst River's
season will be in danger - yet again - of descending into freefall if they can't pick things up
again against Arsenal at [.
Technical issues (on my internet providers' end, not my own) have prevented me from posting all of
this previously, but things now seem to be (just about) rolling again just as I was starting to get
ready for bed and an early start tomorrow for my plane. First up: you can read my preview of [...]
It was only Néstor Gorosito's second competitive match in charge of River Plate, but their
first win of 2009 already seems like it's been a long time coming, following the disappointments of
the Torneo de Verano. On Thursday night, in their first Copa Libertadores group game against
Paraguayans Nacional, they were disappointing again, but Diego [.
