Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino has named the following 24-man squad for the World Cup qualifiers away to Peru on Oct. 13 and at home to Uruguay on Oct. 17:
Goalkeepers: Justo Villar (Newell's Old Boys), Aldo Bobadilla (Independiente Medellin), Henry Lapczyk (Olimpia)
Defenders: Carlos Bonet (Cruz Azul), Denis Caniza (Cruz Azul), Julio Cesar Caceres (Tigres UANL), Dario Veron (Pumas UNAM), Julio Manzur (Pachuca), Paulo Da Silva (Toluca), Jorge Nunez (Cerro Porteno), Claudio Morel Rodriguez (Boca Juniors), Enrique Vera (LDU)
Midfielders: Edgar Barreto (Reggina), Diego Gavilan (Gremio), Victor Caceres (Libertad), Jonathan Santana (VfL Wolfsburg), Jorge Britez (Cerro Porteno), Cristian Riveros (Cruz Azul), Domingo Salcedo (Racing Club)
Forwards: Nelson Haedo (Borussia Dortmund), Nestor Ayala (Tigre), Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers), Salvador Cabanas (America-Mexico), Oscar Cardozo (Benfica)
06 10 2007
The two teams yet to taste defeat this season maintained their unbeaten records after Atlante and Santos drew 2:2 in Cancun. Goals from Christian Benitez and Daniel Luduena put Santos two goals up and seemingly on their way to a sixth straight win. Venezuelan striker Giancarlo Maldonado put Atlante back into contention on 67-minutes with his sixth goal of the campaign and David Toledo drew them level on 79-minutes.
Pachuca returned to winning ways with a 4:1 demolition of San Luis, despite going behind to a Victor Piriz goal on the stroke of half-time. Pachuca was level a minute into the second-half through Juan Carlos Cacho, before a Christian Gimenez header and a double-strike from defender Paul Aguilar sealed the win for Enrique Meza's team. The final goal even came after Pachuca had been reduced to 10-men following a red card for midfielder Jaime Correa.
A 4:1 win at Veracruz saw Cruz Azul close the gap on the leaders although, like Pachuca, the visitors had to come from behind. Daniel Rios had Veracruz ahead on 11-minutes, but two goals from Richard Nunez had Cruz Azul ahead before the break, with late goals from Cesar Villaluz and Cesar Delgado making the points safe.
America beat Atlas 2:1 thanks to goals in each half from Paraguayan striker Salvador Cabanas. A late goal from Bruno Marioni was all that Atlas could muster, leaving them with just a point to their name after six matches.
After a slow start to the season, a Sergio Santana goal just before the break was enough for Guadalajara to beat UANL Tigres. In what was a round of comebacks, Morelia battled back from an early goal down at Monterrey to win 2:1. Egidio Arevalo put Monterrey ahead on 11-minutes, but goals from Luis Angel Landin and Gabriel Choy Gonzalez either side of the interval ensured that Morelia went home with three points.
Elsewhere Toluca handed out a 4:0 beating to Necaxa, with two late goals in each half. An Everaldo Barbosa own goal set Toluca on their way on 42-minutes and their lead was doubled before the break through Diego De la Torre. The visitors had substitute Angel Eduardo Reyna dismissed within two-minutes of coming on and their day was made worse still with further goals from Carlos Morales and Vicente Sanchez in the last 10-minutes.
A last-minute headed goal from Esteban Solari secured a first win of the season for UNAM Pumas, 2:1 victors at Jaguares Chiapas. Argentinean striker Solari had put Pumas ahead just before the break, but Jaguares looked to have secured a point three-minutes from time when defender Melvin Brown drew them level. Newly promoted Puebla also secured their first win of the campaign, with Alvaro Gonzalez scoring twice either side of a Jose Hiber Ruiz goal in beating bottom of the table UAG Tecos 3:0.
