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Paraguay vs Nicaragua: Head to head statistics
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Paraguay vs Nicaragua match preview
Can Paraguay claim a morale-boosting win in Asunción?
Los Guaraníes come into this one following three successive friendly defeats, beaten by both Peru and Colombia in November before a 3-2 loss in Chile last time out.
Matías Rojas and Gabriel Ávalos on target ultimately in vain in Santiago back in March.
Head Coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto took over towards the end of the last World Cup qualification cycle, winning just one of his six competitive matches in charge as they finished eighth.
CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying returns in September, with la Albirroja’s bid to make it to 2026 beginning with a home match against Peru before a visit to Venezuela; two winnable matches.
With a Copa América also to come next summer, Paraguay will be desperate to claim a first win in nine months here.
Late on Monday night, CONCACAF announced that Nicaragua had been disqualified having fielded ineligible players during the Nations League.
This means la Azul y Blanco have been thrown out of the Gold Cup and will be denied promotion to the top-tier of the Nations League, thereby ending the opes of Copa América qualification.
So, Marco Antonio Figueroa’s team must somehow refocus his side for this match, which is their third and final friendly of the week.
Nicaragua were beaten 3-2 in Panama last weekend before being smashed 4-1 by Uruguay in Montevideo on Wednesday, with more of the same likely.
Paraguay are, in truth, no world-beaters, but they’re still likely to win this match at Estadio Defensores del Chaco.
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