The major news is that Borussia Dortmund were crowned Bundesliga champions for the second year running which means another title for Paraguay’s Lucas Barrios. Admittedly it hasn’t been a vintage season for the striker, according to ABC he has made just two starts this season featuring in only 327 minutes of football and scoring a solitary goal, but it is another winner’s medal for the CV as the striker looks to move on in the (European) summer.
Back on these shores and there were goals in Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela from eight Paraguayans making it nine worldwide (Cristian Riveros netted a penalty in Turkey). You can see a handy compilation video here. As ever the full details are below.
PARAGUAY ABROAD ROUND UP
EUROPE
England
Antolin Alcaraz (Wigan Athletic) – played full 90 mins in 2-1 defeat
Portugal
Oscar Cardozo (Benfica) – played full 90 mins in 4-1 win – Benfica closing in on title
Javier Cohene (Paços de Ferreira) - played full 90 mins in 1-1 draw
Lorenzo Melgarejo (Paços de Ferreira) – played full 90 mins in 1-1 draw
Julio Aguilar (Paços de Ferreira) – Not in match squad
Juan Manuel Iturbe (Porto) - Not in match squad
Italy
Edgar Barreto (Palermo) – Not in match squad
Marcelo Estigarribia (Juventus) - Not in match squad
Spain
Roque Santa Cruz (Real Betis) – subbed off after 71 mins in 4-0 defeat
Hernan Perez (Villarreal) – subbed off after 81 mins in 1-1 draw
Paulo Da Silva (Real Zaragoza) – played full 90 mins 1-0 loss
Germany
Lucas Barrios (Borussia Dortmund) – Unused Sub
Turkey
Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor) – SCORED penalty in 2-1 win as Kayserispor qualify for Intertoto Cup
Holland
Celso Ortiz (AZ) – Injured
Roberto ‘Gatito’ Fernandez (Utrecht) – Unused Sub
Russia
Nelson Haedo Valdez (Rubin Kazan) – not in match squad
Switzerland
Dario Lezcano (FC Luzern) – played full 90 mins in 3-1 win
Slovakia
Jorge Salinas (Trencin) – played full 90 mins in 2-1 victory
Cyprus
Aldo Adorno (APOEL) – Unused sub
LATIN AMERICA
Argentina
Jorge Achucarro (Banfield) – Unused sub
Orlando Gaona Lugo (Boca Juniors) – Not in match squad
Eduardo Ledesma (Lanús) – subbed off after 90 mins in 0-0 draw
Victor Aquino (Newell’s) - Not in match squad
Nestor Bareiro (Olimpo) – subbed on after 53 mins in 1-0 loss
Marcos Cáceres (Racing) – played full 90 mins in 1-0 win
Federico Santander (Racing) - played full 90 mins in 1-0 win
Nestor Ortigoza (San Lorenzo) – played full 90 mins in 1-1 draw
Mexico
Fredy Bareiro (Estudiantes Tecos) – Not in match squad
Aureliano Torres (Toluca) – played full 90 mins in 2-2 draw – missed out on Liguilla
Dario Verón (PUMAS) – injured
Osvaldo Martinez (Atlante) – played full 90 mins in 1-1 draw
Bolivia
Aquilino Villalba (Aurora) – SCORED second consecutive goal in 4-1 defeat
Hugo Sebastian Gimenez (Guabira) – Unused sub
Francisco Antonio Argüello (Oriente Petroleo) – played full 90 mins in 4-1 victory
Gustavo David Arce (Real Mamore) – played full 90 mins in 0-0 draw
Luis Gustavo Lugo (Real Mamore) – Unused sub
Henry William Lapczyk (Real Potosí) – played full 90 mins in 3-3 draw
Claudio Centurión (Real Potosí) – SENT OFF in 3-3 draw
Ernesto Ruben Cristaldo (The Strongest) – subbed on after 45 mins in 3-3 draw
Pablo Daniel Escobar (The Strongest) – SCORED twice in 3-3 draw later SENT OFF
Delio Ramon Ojeda (The Strongest) – Not in match squad
Chile
José David Portillo (Antofagasta) – played full 90 mins in 4-0 defeat
Fabian Benitez (Audax Italiano) – not in match squad
Miguel Angel Cuellar (Cobresal) – played full 90 mins in 1-0 loss
Hugo Lusardi (Cobreloa) – Not in match squad
Pedro Vera (Cobreloa) - Not in match squad
Derlis Barrios (Cobreloa) - Not in match squad
Osmar Molinas (Colo Colo) – Not in match squad
Cristian Bogado (Dep. Iquique) – Not in match squad
Cristian Limenza (Dep. Iquique) – Unused sub
Milton Benitez (Huachipato) – Not in match squad
Rodrigo Rojas (O’Higgins) – SCORED for second game running in 5-0 victory
Rodrigo Riquelme (Palestino) – Unused sub
Roberto ‘Bufalo’ Ovelar (Uni. Catolica) – SCORED opener in 3-0 win
Cristian Britez (Uni. Concepción) – played full 90 mins in 1-1 draw
Arnaldo Gimenez (Unión La Calera) – Unused Sub
Colombia
Digno Gonzalez (Atletico Huila) – Unused sub
Robin Ramirez (Dep. Tolima) – SCORED stoppage time winner in 2-1 victory
Antony Silva (Dep. Tolima) – played full 90 mins in 2-1 victory
Edison Gimenez (La Equidad) – Not in match squad
German Centurion (Santa Fe) – No game at weekend
Jorge Nuñez (Once Caldas) – played full 90 mins in 1-0 defeat
Marcos Lazaga (Patriotas) – SCORED winner in 1-0 victory
Ecuador
Miguel Paniagua (Dtvo. Cuenca) – played full 90 mins in 1-0 defeat
Fernando Gimenez (Emelec) – subbed off at halftime in 2-1 loss
Librado Azcona (Independiente) - played full 90 mins in 4-1 win
Edgar Balbuena (Independiente) – played full 90 mins in 4-1 win
Richard Estigarribia (Independiente) – SCORED in 4-1 win
Enrique Vera (Liga de Quito) – Not in match squad
Arnaldo Vera (LDU Loja) – played full 90 mins in 1-0 victory
Mingo Martinez (Macará) – played full 90 mins in 2-0 defeat
Nestor Ayala (Técnico Universitario) – Not in match squad
Perú
Edgar Gonzalez (Alianza Lima) – played full 90 mins in 3-0 loss
Mario Villasanti (Inti Gas) – KEPT CLEANSHEET in 3-0 win
Oscar Díaz (Inti Gas) – played full 90 mins in 3-0 win
Ramon ‘Tacuarita’ Cardozo (León de Huánuco) – subbed on at halftime in 2-1 defeat
Fabio Ramos (Real Atlético Garcilaso) – played full 90 mins in 0-0 draw
Daniel Ferreira (Real Atlético Garcilaso) – Unused sub
Blas Lopez (Sport Huancayo) -played full 90 mins in 2-2 draw
Hector Sosa (Unión Comercio) – played full 90 mins in 2-1 defeat
Uruguay
Edison Torres (Liverpool) – SENT OFF in 2-1 loss
Venezuela
Luis Ovelar (Dptvo. Petare) – Not in match squad
Victor Ferreira (Caracas FC) – SCORED team’s opener in 3-2 loss
Fidel Perez (Caracas FC) – Not in match squad
By Ralph Hannah
