SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - Paraguay fans delighted after win

Record ID: 452684

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - Paraguay fans delighted after win
  • Date: 21st June 2010
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LYDIA ROA, PARAGUAY FAN, SAYING: "We are very happy. We came from Paraguay and made a lot of sacrifices and we are very happy, Paraguay is going on and up. Go Paraguay." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish - Rough Translation) PEDRO, PARAGUAY FAN, SAYING: "I'm very happy, very happy, because we win 2:0 and this victory is dedicated to our idols who could not come here: Salvador Cabanas, a great player who is sick, this victory is for him, 2:0. Go Paraguay." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNNAMED PARAGUAY FAN, SAYING: "Two zero, very good." VARIOUS OF SLOVAKIA SUPPORTERS LEAVING THE STADIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Slovak) VLADIMIR DURANKA, SLOVAKIA FAN, SAYING: "It's very improbable, but at least if we happen to beat Italy that means we will not go home with eyes down." (SOUNDBITE) (Slovak), LUBOS LOBATTA, SLOVAKIA FAN, SAYING: "We are very disappointed but I have to say that the Paraguay team was better, unfortunately." (SOUNDBITE) (Slovak) ERIK AUGUSTINE, SLOVAKIA FAN, SAYING: "It was very disappointing. Our players couldn't play very well. They were very, very slow in my opinion. They couldn't pass the ball, no shots, none at all, I think the first shot at goal was in the 92nd minute or so, so I'm very disappointed." VARIOUS OF SPECTATORS LEAVING THE FREE STATE STADIUM
  • Embargoed: 6th July 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA3I7T6Z3HGUPX9L8I7AGBKAZ26
  • Story Text: Paraguay's hopes of advancing to the Round of 16 in the 2010 World Cup got a boost on Sunday (June 20) when they beat an uninspired Slovakia side in the Free State stadium in Mangaung, Free State.
    "We are very happy. We came from Paraguay and made a lot of sacrifices and we are very happy, Paraguay is going on and up. Go Paraguay," said Lydia Roa.
    Another fan, Pedro, said Paraguay were doing it for their hero, Salvador Cabanas - the 2007 South American footballer of the year who was gunned down in January, and is still on the long road to recovery.
    "I'm very happy, very happy, because we win 2:0 and this victory is dedicated to our idols who could not come here: Salvador Cabanas, a great player who is sick, this victory is for him, 2:0. Go Paraguay," said Pedro.
    Paraguay midfielder Enrique Vera scored in the 27th minute sending the teams into the break with Paraguay up 1-0.
    The second half proved just as difficult for Slovakia when Christian Riveros scored the second goal in the 86th minute.
    Slovakia's next opponents are the World Cup holders, Italy, leaving them a tough challenge to have any hope of getting through to the next round.
    "It's very improbable, but at least if we happen to beat Italy that means we will not go home with eyes down," said Slovakia supporter, Vladimir Duranka.
    Another Slovakia fan Erik Augustine said that the Slovak squad played badly.
    "They were very, very slow in my opinion. They couldn't pass the ball, no shots, none at all, I think the first shot at goal was in the 92nd minute or so, so I'm very disappointed."
    Paraguay is the first team in Group F to take the full three points from a match.
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