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5:0 (3:0)
  • Jose Luis SANTANDER (6'01")
  • Fabio ALCARAZ (16'24")
  • Robson FERNANDEZ (19'49")
  • Carlos CHILAVERT (22'35")
  • Rene VILLALBA (38'57")

Referee Oleg IVANOV

Summary

Paraguay hand US a lesson

Paraguay hand US a lesson

The USA came out looking to take the game to Paraguay in Rio. But after Matthew Stewart hit the woodwork early on, the rhythm of the game settled squarely with the South Americans. José Luis Santander scored first and Fabio Alcaraz added a second before Robson Fernández made it 3-0 with the last kick of the first half. The Paraguayans then went on to kill off the game early in the second ...

Highlights

Line-up

PAR
USA
Substitute(s)
Coaches
Ruben SUBELDIA (PAR)
(USA) Keith TOZER
Officials
  • Referee: Oleg IVANOV (UKR)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Ivan SHABANOV (RUS)
  • Assistant Referee 2: LI Zhizhong (CHN)
  • Fourth official: Kazuya ISOKAWA (JPN)
  • Not eligible to play
  • Not in lineup

Quotes

"This was an excellent opener as we showed ourselves to be the most potent attack force today in our group," Ruben Subeldia, Paraguay coach. 

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STATISTICS
ParaguayStatisticsUSA
28Shots13
9Corner kicks8
2Yellow cards2
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
57%Possession (%)43%