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PARAGUAY vs SOUTH AFRICA

Match Report below

Match Stats:

Man of the Match: Francisco Arce (Paraguay)

Teams:

Paraguay:   
                 Tavarelli 
                 Arce 
                 Gamarra 
                 Ayala 
                 Caceres 
                 Caniza 
                 Alvarenga (Gavilan 66) 
                 Acuna 
                 Campos (Morinigo 72) 
                 Struway (Franco 86) 
                 Santa Cruz

Subs Not Used: 
                Baez 
                Bonet 
                Cardozo 
                Chilavert 
                Cuevas 
                Paredes 
                Sanabria 
                Sarabia 
                Villa

Booked: Caceres, Caniza, Tavarelli, Franco

South Africa: 
                Arendse Nzama
                Carnell
                Aaron Mokoena
                Radebe
                Fortune
                Sibaya
                Tebeho Mokoena
                Zuma
                Issa (Mukasi 27)
                McCarthy (Koumantarakis 78)

Subs Not Used:
                Vonk
                Lekgetho
                Mngomeni
                Mnguni
                Pule
                Nomvete
                Buckley
                Marlin
                Pienaar
                Molefe.

Booked: Aaron Mokoena, Issa, Radebe, Zuma

Att: 25,186
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

Match Report: -

A last minute penalty scored by Quinton Fortune was enough to secure South Africa a point from an evenly matched game. The game was started strongly by both teams and the spectators had to wait until the 39th minute for the deadlock to be broken. This was when santa cruz sent the ball into the back of the net to give Paraguay the lead. The game finished the half with that scoreline, as there wasnt much attacking threat for the last 6 minutes. It wasnt untill 10 minutes after the restart that another goal was scored as Paraguay doubled their lead through Arce with a cracking free kick.
After this goal, the South Africans started stringing more passes together and then after 64 minutes, forced an own goal from Praguay's Struway. South Africa pressed forward looking for a goal, holding off threat from Paraguay looking for their 3rd. It finally came when there was an infringement in the box. Fortune buried the ball, to earn South Africa a creditable draw.