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Paraguay on track for knockout round
By Ryan Lucas
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 21 - 06 - 2010

Enrique Vera and Cristian Riveros scored a goal each Sunday to give Paraguay a 2-0 win over Slovakia in Group F of the World Cup.
Paraguay took the lead in the 27th minute when forward Lucas Barrios slipped a pass into the box that Vera angled past Slovakia goalkeeper Jan Mucha with a first-time shot.
Riveros doubled the lead in the 86th with a left-footed drive from 12 meters.
“It was lucky that I could score,” said Vera, who was named man of the match. “The first goal came at the best moment in the first half and then we wanted to keep possession of the ball and the second goal made us calm.”
The win puts Paraguay at the top of the group with four points from two matches. Slovakia has one point.
Playing with a three-man front line spearheaded by recalled striker Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguay controlled possession and the flow of play from the start at Free State Stadium and created a handful of early chances.
“The first half was excellent. We were pushing forward and we had goalscoring opportunities,” Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino said. “We focused on the match and possibly in the first half we could have made a bigger difference. We are getting closer to our objective of making it to the final round.”
Slovakia, which is playing in its first major tournament since the former Czechoslovakia divided in 1993, looked outclassed and unsure of itself in the face of a physical Paraguayan side that beat both Argentina and Brazil in World Cup qualifying.
After Paraguay drew 1-1 with defending champion Italy in their World Cup opener, Martino opted to switch from a 4-4-2 formation to an attacking 4-3-3 against Slovakia, with Santa Cruz, Nelson Valdez and Barrios up front.
The trio of big, strong strikers proved a handful for the Slovakia defense, outjumping, outmuscling and outrunning the Slovaks.
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz made his presence felt almost immediately, collecting a ball at the top of the box in the third minute and hitting a right-footed shot that forced a diving save from Mucha. He also went close in the 39th, when he broke free for a low right-footed drive that Mucha kicked wide, and set up Vera with a cross in the 72nd that Vera headed just wide of the left post.


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