Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 35 | 08 October 2008 | Rio De Janeiro / Gimnasio Maracanazinho | 12:30 | 5017 |
Referee ALVAREZ Antonio (CUB) | Assistant Referee 1 DEL CID Carlos (GUA) |
Fourth Official GOULART Tales (BRA) | Assistant Referee 2 IVANOV Oleg (UKR) |
| Match events | |||||||
| Chronologic order | Countdown order | ||||||
| Italy | Paraguay | ||||||
| First Half | |||||||
| Sandro ZANETTI | [13] |  | 6'55" | 13'05" | |||
| 15'24" | 4'36" | | [8] | Jose ROTELLA | |||
| Jose Luis SANTANDER | [6] |  | 16'10" | 3'50" | |||
| Second Half | |||||||
| 21'07" | 18'53" | | [3] | Fabio ALCARAZ | |||
| 32'38" | 7'22" | | [14] | Rene VILLALBA | |||
| 37'40" | 2'20" | | [8] | Jose ROTELLA | |||
| Italy (ITA) | Statistics | Paraguay (PAR) |
| 22 | Shots | 28 |
| 7 | Shots on goal | 18 |
| 0 | Accumulated Fouls 1st half | 0 |
| 2 | Accumulated Fouls 2nd half | 4 |
| 4 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 0 | Free kicks Shots (scored) | 1 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 0 |
| 0 / 0 | 2nd Penalty goal / 2nd Penalty shot | 0 / 0 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 54% | Possession (%) | 46% |
| 0 | Time out 1st half | 1 |
| 1 | Time out 2nd half | 1 |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out | (C): | Captain |
| GK: | Goalkeeper |  : | Red Cards | N: | Not eligible to play |
| I: | Injured |  : | Yellow cards | Y: | Misses next match if booked |
 : | Second yellow card and red card | ||||
| A: | Absent |  : | Penalty goal | : | Own goal |
 : | 2nd Penalty goal / 2nd Penalty shot | ||||
| *: | Starting Five | #: | Played | S: | Substitute |
Match Report