Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 43 | 11 October 2008 | Brasilia / Gimnasio Nilson Nelson | 10:30 | 5961 |
Referee LOOR Franklin (ECU) | Assistant Referee 1 GOULART Tales (BRA) |
Fourth Official KRNAC Jason (USA) | Assistant Referee 2 MESEN Hector (CRC) |
| Match events | |||||||
| Chronologic order | Countdown order | ||||||
| Paraguay | Argentina | ||||||
| First Half | |||||||
| Fabio ALCARAZ | [3] |  | 1'17" | 18'43" | |||
| 9'07" | 10'53" |  | [10] | Marcelo GIMENEZ | |||
| Carlos CHILAVERT | [5] | | 11'49" | 8'11" | |||
| Rene VILLALBA | [14] | | 13'00" | 7'00" | |||
| 16'21" | 3'39" | | [3] | Sebastian CORAZZA | |||
| Jose Luis SANTANDER | [6] | | 17'03" | 2'57" | |||
| Second Half | |||||||
| 33'39" | 6'21" |  | [6] | Jose Luis SANTANDER | |||
| 34'32" | 5'28" | | [9] | Matias LUCUIX | |||
| Fabio ALCARAZ | [3] | | 38'16" | 1'44" | |||
| Paraguay (PAR) | Statistics | Argentina (ARG) |
| 19 | Shots | 45 |
| 12 | Shots on goal | 16 |
| 4 | Accumulated Fouls 1st half | 5 |
| 4 | Accumulated Fouls 2nd half | 3 |
| 8 | Corner kicks | 14 |
| 1 | Free kicks Shots (scored) | 1 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 0 |
| 0 / 0 | 2nd Penalty goal / 2nd Penalty shot | 0 / 0 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 45% | Possession (%) | 55% |
| 1 | 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