Soccer World Cup 1986 / Paraguay

This article covers the Paraguayan national soccer team at the 1986 World Cup .

qualification

Group stage

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	6: 2	6th
2	Paraguay	5: 4	4th
3	Bolivia	2: 7	2

Bolivia	-	Paraguay	1: 1
Paraguay	-	Bolivia	3-0
Paraguay	-	Brazil	0: 2
Brazil	-	Paraguay	1: 1

Play-offs

First round

Paraguay	-	Colombia	3-0
Colombia	-	Paraguay	2: 1

Final round

Paraguay	-	Chile	3-0
Chile	-	Paraguay	2: 2

Paraguayan contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Roberto Fernández	Deportivo Cali	07/09/1954	4th	0	0	0
12	Jorge Battaglia	Club Sol de America	05/12/1960	0	0	0	0
22nd	Julian Coronel	Club Guaraní	10/23/1958	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Juan Torales	Club Libertad	05/09/1956	4th	0	0	0
3	César Zabala	Club Cerro Porteño	06/03/1961	4th	0	0	0
4th	Vladimiro Schettina	Club Guaraní	10/08/1955	3	0	2	0
5	Rogelio Delgado	Club Olimpia	10/12/1959	4th	0	0	0
13	Virginio Cáceres	Club Guaraní	05/21/1956	0	0	0	0
14th	Luis Caballero	Club Guaraní	09/17/1962	0	0	0	0
15th	Eufemio Cabral	Club Guaraní	03/21/1955	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Jorge Amado Nunes	Deportivo Cali	October 18, 1961	4th	0	1	0
7th	Buenaventura Ferreira	Deportivo Cali	07/04/1960	4th	0	0	0
8th	Julio César Romero	Fluminense	08/28/1960	4th	2	1	0
10	Adolfino Cañete	CD Cruz Azul	09/13/1956	4th	0	0	0
16	Jorge Guasch	Club Olimpia	January 17, 1961	4th	0	0	0
17th	Francisco Alcaraz	Club Nacional	04/10/1960	0	0	0	0
19th	Rolando Chilavert	Club Guaraní	05/22/1961	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Roberto Cabañas	America de Cali	04/11/1961	4th	2	0	0
11	Alfredo Mendoza	Independiente Medellin	December 31, 1963	4th	0	1	0
18th	Evaristo Isasi	Club Olimpia	10/26/1955	0	0	0	0
20th	Ramon Hicks	Club Libertad	05/30/1959	2	0	0	0
21st	Faustino Alonso	Club Sol de America	02/15/1961	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Cayetano Ré		02/07/1938

Games of the Paraguayan team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Mexico	4: 2	5
2	Paraguay	4: 3	4th
3	Belgium	5: 5	3
4th	Iraq	1: 4	0

• Paraguay - Iraq 1: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez ( Toluca )

Spectators: 24,000

Referee: Picon-Ackong ( Mauritius )

Goals: 1-0 Romero (35.)

• Mexico - Paraguay 1: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 114,000

Referee: Courtney ( England )

Goals: 1-0 Flores (3rd), 1: 1 Romero (85th)

• Belgium - Paraguay 2: 2 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez (Toluca)

Spectators: 16,000

Referee: Dotschew ( Bulgaria )

Goals: 1: 0 Vercauteren (30th), 1: 1 Cabañas (50th), 2: 1 Veyt (59th), 2: 2 Cabañas (76th)

Organizer Mexico was lucky in the group draw and prevailed as the winner of Group B ahead of Paraguay and the disappointing Belgians and the respectable team from Iraq. What was noticeable in this group was the toughness brought into play by all teams, which rarely allowed high-quality games. The most interesting match took place between Belgium and Paraguay (2-2). Even the Belgians were able to qualify for the round of 16 as one of the best third party in the group.

Round of 16

99,000

Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

England

Paraguay

Al Sharif ( Syria )

3: 0 (1: 0)

1-0 lineker (31st) 2-0 Beardsley (56th) 3-0 lineker (73rd)

Not surprisingly, England beat Paraguay 3-0 with confidence.