ARGENTINA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Paraguay's number one fan Larissa Riquelme prepares to bare it all for her team if they win against Uruguay in final of Copa America

Record ID: 242599

  • Title: ARGENTINA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Paraguay's number one fan Larissa Riquelme prepares to bare it all for her team if they win against Uruguay in final of Copa America
  • Date: 25th July 2011
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (JULY 24, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LARISSA RIQUELME WITH PARAGUAYAN FLAG PRACTICING DANCE ROUTINE VARIOUS OF PHOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) RIQUELME SAYING: "Nothing just for us to win today and many thanks to all of the people who always supported us and I always trusted that Paraguay was going to reach this point. To those who say that Paraguay didn't win a single match and that it is unfair for us to be in the final, I say to them that is how soccer is and that sometimes it surprises us." VARIOUS OF RIQUELME PRACTICING DANCE ROUTINE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) RIQUELME SAYING: "Today we will win 2-0 so we hope that the Uruguayans place peacefully, nothing like rugby or with (illegal) kicking and that it be a clean game and that we have fun which is what is important." VARIOUS OF PARAGUAYAN AND URUGUAYAN SOCCER FANS ARRIVING TO STADIUM AHEAD OF THE GAME
  • Embargoed: 9th August 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Argentina, Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Entertainment,Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA10DZL8DH0OB04MJL9PENOOB22
  • Story Text: Paraguay's sexiest soccer fan Larissa Riquelme prepared on Sunday (July 24) as her team was set to face off against favourites Uruguay in the final match of Copa America.
    Practicing her dance routine and draped in her country's flag, Riquelme told Reuters Television that she hoped for the best.
    "Nothing, just for us to win today and many thanks to all of the people who always supported us and I always trusted that Paraguay was going to reach this point," she said.
    Paraguay reached the final after five draws including two penalty shootout wins. The face favourites Uruguay in Sunday's final at River Plate's Monumental stadium (1900 GMT).
    "To those who say that Paraguay didn't win a single match and that it is unfair for us to be in the final, I say to them that is how soccer is and that sometimes it surprises us," Riquelme said.
    Riquelme has promised once again, as she did during Paraguay's performance in the World Cup, to bare it all if the team wins. She called for a clean game.
    "Today we will win 2-0 so we hope that the Uruguayans place peacefully, nothing like rugby or with (illegal) kicking and that it be a clean game and that we have fun which is what is important," she said.
    Paraguay drew 0-0 with Ecuador in their opening match then 2-2 with Brazil and 3-3 with Venezuela giving away equalizers in added time. Their quarter-final with Brazil was another 0-0 draw they settled 2-0 on penalties.
    The Paraguayans have recognized they rode their luck against Brazil and Venezuela, who both created more chances and deserved to win.
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