June 20, 2006
PARAGUAY FINDS LATE OFFENSE
2-0 win comes far too late
Paraguay found some offense when it mattered little as the South Americans scored their first two goals of the World Cup in a 2-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago in a Group B match on Tuesday.
June 15, 2006
PARAGUAY ELIMINATED
Albirroja out after 1-0 loss to Sweden
Freddie Ljungberg scored in the dying minutes and Sweden beat Paraguay 1-0 in a Group B match. Ljungberg knocked in a header from six yards out off a pass from Marcus Allback in the 89th minute.
June 10, 2006
THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES
Gamarra’s Own Goal Gives England 1-0 Win
In a game that started out on a promising note, but became more tedious as time wore on, England managed to get past Paraguay, 1-0, in the World Cup opener for both teams on Saturday.
June 7, 2006
ANOTHER SETBACK
Santa Cruz losing fitness battle for opener
Already in a fight for fitness, striker Roque Santa Cruz has suffered a setback ahead of Paraguay's opener against England Saturday.
May 27, 2006
GENERATION BLEND
Paraguay combines the old with the new
Coach Anibal Ruiz combines veteran players with newcomers as the Paraguayan National Team becomes more attacking oriented and less defensive.
May 24, 2006
RUIZ NAMES PARAGUAY ROSTER
Young but Talented
Coach Anibal Ruiz continued the "youth must be served" trend of the 2006 World Cup, including both 22-year-old Nelson Haedo Valdez and teenaged midfielder Jose Montiel on his 23-man roster.
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