Football World Cup 2002 / Paraguay

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This article covers the Paraguayan national team at the 2002 World Cup .

qualification

For a long time Paraguay was second in the South America group behind Argentina. When the qualification for the final round of the World Cup was already secured, the last games were lost and they finished fourth, level on points with Brazil.

rank country Gates Points
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 42:15 43
2 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 23:20 31
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 31:17 30th
4th Paraguay 1990Paraguay Paraguay 29:23 30th
5 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 19:13 27
6th Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 20:15 27
7th Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 21:33 18th
8th Flag of Peru.svg Peru 14:25 16
9 State flag of Venezuela (1954-2006) .svg Venezuela 18:44 16
10 Flag of Chile.svg Chile 15:27 12
Peru - Paraguay 2-0
Paraguay - Uruguay 1-0
Paraguay - Ecuador 3: 1
Chile - Paraguay 3: 1
Paraguay - Brazil 2: 1
Bolivia - Paraguay 0-0
Argentina - Paraguay 1: 1
Paraguay - Venezuela 3-0
Colombia - Paraguay 0: 2
Paraguay - Peru 5: 1
Uruguay - Paraguay 0: 1
Ecuador - Paraguay 2: 1
Paraguay - Chile 1-0
Brazil - Paraguay 2-0
Paraguay - Bolivia 5: 1
Paraguay - Argentina 2: 2
Venezuela - Paraguay 2: 1
Paraguay - Colombia 0: 4

Paraguayan contingent

No. Surname Club before the start of the World Cup birthday Games Gates Yellow card.svg Yellowred card.svg Red card.svg
goalkeeper
1 José Luis Chilavert (C)Captain of the crew FranceFrance Racing Strasbourg 07/27/1965 3 0 0 0 0
12 Justo Villar Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Libertad 06/30/1977 1 0 0 0 0
22nd Ricardo Tavarelli Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Olimpia 08/02/1970 0 0 0 0 0
Defender
2 Francisco Arce BrazilBrazil SE Palmeiras 04/02/1971 4th 1 1 0 0
3 Pedro Sarabia ArgentinaArgentina CA River Plate 07/05/1975 0 0 0 0 0
4th Carlos Gamarra GreeceGreece AEK Athens 02/17/1971 4th 0 0 0 0
5 Celso Ayala ArgentinaArgentina CA River Plate 08/20/1970 4th 0 0 0 0
18th Julio César Cáceres Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Olimpia 05.10.1979 4th 0 1 0 0
19th Daniel Sanabria Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Libertad 02/08/1977 0 0 0 0 0
21st Denis Caniza MexicoMexico Santos Laguna 08/29/1974 4th 0 1 0 0
midfield player
6th Estanislao Struway Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Libertad 06/25/1968 3 0 0 0 0
8th Guido Alvarenga MexicoMexico UANL Tigres 08/24/1970 2 0 0 0 0
10 Roberto Acuña SpainSpain Real Zaragoza 03/25/1972 4th 0 1 0 1
13 Carlos Paredes PortugalPortugal FC Porto 07/16/1976 2 0 0 1 0
14th Diego Gavilan MexicoMexico UAG Tecos 03/01/1980 3 0 1 0 0
15th Carlos Bonet Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Libertad 10/02/1977 1 0 0 0 0
16 Gustavo Morinigo Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Libertad 01/23/1977 1 0 0 0 0
17th Juan Carlos Franco Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Olimpia 04/17/1973 2 0 0 0 0
striker
7th Richart Báez Paraguay 1990Paraguay Club Olimpia 07/31/1973 0 0 0 0 0
9 Roque Santa Cruz GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich 08/16/1981 4th 1 1 0 0
11 Jorge Campos ChileChile CD Universidad Católica 08/11/1970 4th 1 0 0 0
20th José Saturnino Cardozo MexicoMexico Deportivo Toluca March 19, 1971 3 0 1 0 0
23 Nelson Cuevas ArgentinaArgentina CA River Plate 01/10/1980 2 2 0 0 0
Trainer
ItalyItaly Cesare Maldini 02/05/1932

Games of the Paraguayan team

Preliminary round

Spain was the undisputed favorite of Group B. Paraguay, South Africa and Slovenia battled for second place. In the first game Paraguay led against South Africa 2-0, but had to accept the equalizer in stoppage time. As expected, the second game was lost to Spain.

In the decisive third game, Slovenia, already eliminated, was defeated 3-1 with two goals in the closing stages. South Africa lost 3-2 to Spain at the same time. Paraguay and South Africa were tied on points and also had the same goal difference. But since the South Americans had scored one more goal, they reached the next round.

Paraguay - South Africa 2: 2
Spain - Paraguay 3: 1
Slovenia - Paraguay 1: 3

Round of 16

Paraguay met Germany in the round of 16. In a game with few highlights, the favorite prevailed with a goal in the 88th minute. In stoppage time Paraguay lost a player by being sent off.

Germany - Paraguay 1-0