Copa América 2007: Mexico vs. Paraguay [P+R]

[El Diablo Rojo]

VS.

Stadium: Estadio Monumental.
Capacity: 52,000.
Location: Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela.

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta(ARG).
1st assistant: Juan Carlos Bedoya(COL).
2nd assistant: Luis Sánchez(VEN).
4th official: Manuel Andarcia(VEN).
Kick-off: 5:05pm GMT -3.

Line-ups

Mexico
1 - Oswaldo Sánchez
5 - Israel Castro
2 - Jonny Magallón
4 - Rafael Márquez(c)
3 - Fausto Pinto
6 - Gerardo Torrado
20 - Fernando Arce
8 - Jaime Correa
18 - Andrés Guardado
12 - Juan Carlos Cacho
21 - Nery Castillo

Paraguay
22 - Aldo Bobadilla
2 - Darío Verón
5 - Julio César Cáceres(c)
14 - Paulo Da Silva
6 - Carlos Bonet
8 - Édgar Barreto
16 - Cristian Riveros
3 - Claudio Morel Rodríguez
19 - Jonathan Santana
18 - Óscar Cardozo
9 - Roque Santa Cruz

This should be the toughest of all the quarter final matches, i'm seeing a even match here but Paraguay to win 1-0 with Cardozo to score.

 

[MaSsiVe]

penalty for Mexico and Bobadilla sent off. what a start

1-0 Castillo

Mexico should win this with some confort now.

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

Ok Bobadilla graduated as an idiot... Penalty for Mexico and red card for Bobadilla. Good thing there are 3 keepers.

Mexico scores 1-0, Castillo from a PK.

 

[Back Door Skip]

What a start!

 

[Lennon]

It wasn't Bobadilla's mistake, Caceres is the idiot.
The game is ruined now, a yellow card would have been enough.

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

Paraguay's defense is looking terrible, they are just giving the ball away to the mexicans, they better gain composture before Mexico gets another chance to score, if they get ball they have a lot of time left to draw or even come back from being down on the score.

Speaking of which almost the second for Mexico.

 

[Back Door Skip]

Torrado! Fully deserved after the iffy offsides call, which he beautifully built.

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

The off-side was called not for the last pass but the first pass, which wasn't off-side either.

And it's 2-0, wonder what will happen now.

 

[big al]

torrado is playing a great game

 

[Back Door Skip]

Nery! Nery, Nery!

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

And one more, Castillo scores it's 3-0 now.

 

[Lennon]

meh

 

[Shiryu]

A stroll in the park...
...and this is the next big thing to Argentina and Brazil...

 

[Lennon]

A stroll in the park...
...and this is the next big thing to Argentina and Brazil...

oh come on, we're playing with 10 men since the first minute and we had to bring the 3rd goalie in. Por favor, no se hagan los agrandaditos...

 

[andy]

Sometimes I don't know if it is better for the goalie to let them score instead of risking getting a red (like Bobadilla did) and expose the whole team. Paraguay looks like a shadow of themselves. Good game by Mexico, especially Torrado in the middle. What is up with Caceres btw?? He was rock solid against Argentina

 

[#1 Stunna]

It all comes down to that fu*k up 3 mins in. But hey, Mexico is doing what they have to do.

And Cacho might not be the greatest player on the pitch, but hes doing what he needs to do. Id love to see Cacho out tho to bring in Bofo or Blanco, we need a skillfull passer to give Nery more open chances.

And Correa. hah

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

The only chance left for Paraguay is to score a goal in the first 5 minutes. Of course if Mexico scores another the match is over. Good game of Mexico Guardado and Torrado are being the best. Well this Paraguay which is playing today against Mexico is not the best after Argentina and Brazil evidently the Paraguay we saw in the groups stage perhaps.

 

[big al]

It wasn't Bobadilla's mistake, Caceres is the idiot.
The game is ruined now, a yellow card would have been enough.

i agree , this was all on caceres imo, bobadilla did what he did as a last resort, notice nobody from paraguay argue the red card or the penalty, i dont think none of the players blame bobadilla for that, caceres was the one that put bobadilla in the hot spot.

 

[big al]

The only chance left for Paraguay is to score a goal in the first 5 minutes. Of course if Mexico scores another the match is over. Good game of Mexico Guardado and Torrado are being the best. Well this Paraguay which is playing today against Mexico is not the best after Argentina and Brazil evidently the Paraguay we saw in the groups stage perhaps.

its clear paraguay's tactics change playing with 10 men, but seeing how their are playing it seems it hurt them more in the state of mine, mexico is doing what they are supose to do; strange cause anybody who has been following mexico thruw out the years , they play like crap when having man advantage, dont know why but it happens, today its a totally diferent story.

 

[Lennon]

actually Paraguay had two good chances after the PK, both by Cardozo. After that Mexico settled down and took advantage of Paraguays desperation