Wednesday June 12th, 2002
 Slovenia vs  Paraguay in Seogwipo
(1:3)
Slovenia were already out but Paraguay had a place in the Second
Round to play for.
Francisco Arce's early free-kick was headed narrowly wide by Jos�
Cardozo as Paraguay tried to get in front early.
 
A second yellow card for Carlos Paredes reduced Paraguay to ten men in the 21st minute.
Chilavert tried to make up the numbers, and get himself on the
scoresheet, by taking a free-kick for Paraguay a couple of minutes later.
Another Francisco Arce free-kick was headed over the bar.... this time
by Roque Santa Cruz on 35 minutes.
1:0
Slovenia, already out of the tournament, looked like taking Paraguay with them when
Milenko Acimovic's cross (or was it a shot) hit Jose Luis Chilavert and went in through
his legs.
Half-time: Slovenia 1 - Paraguay 0
Slovenia started to make more use of the extra man and Chilavert was
called on to make a few crucial saves. Maldini's men were tiring so the Italian brought on
some fresh legs.
1:1
Nelson Cuevas had only been on the pitch three minutes when he worked his way through the
defence to wrong-foot Mladen Dabanovic and bring Paraguay level - 66 mins.
Another goal for Paraguay, and one more for Spain (currently leading
3-2), then Paraguay and South Africa would have to draw lots.
1:2
Ten minutes later..... and Maldini was starting to look like a genius, as another
substitute, Jorge Campos, put Paraguay in front with a long-range drive.
1:3
Ten-man Paraguay can't rely on Spain to get them through and make sure of qualification to
the Second Round themselves...... Cuevas scoring his
second with a magnificent solo effort, dribbling past two defenders before firing in a
shot off the underside of the crossbar with six minutes remaining.
Final Score:
Slovenia 1 -
Paraguay 3
Other Group B Match:
South Africa vs Spain
Man of the Match:
Cesare Madini - Astute substitutions by the Italian turned the game around.
Red Cards:
Carlos Paredes (21 mins)
Nastja Ceh (81 mins)
Yellow Cards:
Carlos Paredes (5 mins)
Miran Pavlin (15 mins)
Carlos Paredes (21 mins)
Amir Karic (68 mins)
Mladen Rudonja (69 mins)
Zeljko Milinovic (79 mins)
The Teams
Slovenia:
12 Mladen Dabanovic; 23 Spasoje Bulajic, 3 Zeljko Milinovic; 18 Milenko Acimovic (20
Nastja Ceh - 65 mins), 8 Ales Ceh, 19 Amir Karic, 7 Dzoni Novak, 11 Miran Pavlin (13
Mladen Rudonja - 40 mins), 15 Rajko Tavcar; 21 Segastjan Cimirotic, 9 Milan Osterc (16
Senad Tiganj - 80 mins).
Paraguay:
1 Jos� Luis Chilavert; 2 Francisco Arce, 5 Celso Ayala, 18 Julio C�ceres, 21 Denis
Caniza, 4 Carlos Gamarra; 10 Roberto Acu�a, 8 Guido Alvarenga (11 Jorge Campos - 56
mins), 13 Carlos Paredes; 20 Jos� Cardozo (23 Nelson Cuevas - 62 mins (17 Juan Carlos
Franco - 92 mins)), 9 Roque Santa Cruz.
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo 
In Korea
Group A
 Denmark,  France,  Senegal,  Uruguay.
Group B
Paraguay, Slovenia,  Spain, 
South Africa.
Group C
 Brazil,  China,  Costa Rica,  Turkey.
Group D
 Poland,  Portugal, 
South Korea,  United States.
Korea First Round Matches.
In Japan
Group E
 Cameroon,  Germany,  Republic of Ireland, 
Saudi Arabia.
Group F
 Argentina,  England,  Nigeria,  Sweden.
Group G
 Croatia,  Ecuador,  Italy, Mexico.
Group H
 Belgium,  Japan,  Russia,  Tunisia.
Japan First Round Matches.
2002 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.
Group Tables - Leading Goalscorers.
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