The fans who came to the legendary Defensores del Chaco Stadium in Asunción, Paraguay They celebrated striker Antonio Sanabria‘s second goal wildly. There were 16 minutes left for the Paraguayan team to finish against Venezuelavalid for the tenth round of World Cup qualifiers in North America, and with that goal the Paraguayans managed to consolidate an epic comeback that gave them a 2-1 victory over the Venezuelans.
The patriot team started to win the game with a goal from Jon Aramburu at minute 15 of the first half. Everything pointed to the visitors taking the three points. However, it was thrown under the direction of the Argentine coach Gustavo Alfaro They went on the attack wildly in the second half: they could not lose to their people.
They attacked a lot. They put the Venezuelan team in their area. They finished 13 times behind the rival. Of them, six were at risk. Only the two from Sanabria came in. The Paraguay striker’s first goal came in the 59th minute.
The Guaranis achieved their second victory in a row playing as locals on the road to North America 2026. That’s what they had achieved since qualifying South Africa in 2010, when they reached their last World Cup qualification.
In addition, the victory of the Paraguayans against Venezuela affected the qualifying positions. The Guaranís jumped from eighth to fifth place. With the win against the patriots they reached 13 points and entered the fight to go directly to the World Cup in North America.
Meanwhile, the Venezuelans fell to eighth place and partially abandoned the seventh place that gave them a place in the playoffs. The patriots, who have 11 points, were one behind Bolivia, who have 12 despite losing to Argentina and are emerging as one of the contenders to fight to get into the World Cup .
Since he was replaced by Alfaro Daniel Garnero As the coach of Paraguay, the Guaraníes had a very good performance in the qualifying rounds. In the September double header they drew a valuable draw against Uruguay in Montevideo and beat Brazil 1-0 in Asunción. Last Thursday they found a goalless draw with Ecuador in Quito and this past Tuesday they achieved their third victory in the qualifying games.
Meanwhile, Ecuador was tied goalless with Uruguay, and thus managed to stay in fifth place in the qualifying rounds with 13 points. The Carruas, for their part, are in third place with 16, but they are moving away from Colombia, in second place with 19.
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