Thursday, 24th June 2010
Through Without a Goal
 
Paraguay vs New Zealand
in Polokwane.
The winner in Polokwane would progess to the Second Round, which
would have been an excellent result for New Zealand.
But unfortuantely, no-one found the back of the net so Paraguay went
through with Slovakia.
Final Score:
Paraguay 0 New Zealand 0
 Goalscorers:
None.
Teams
 Paraguay:
1 Justo Villar; 3 Claudio Morel Rodriguez, 5 Julio C�sar Caceres, 14 Paulo Da Silva, 4
Denis Caniza; 18 Nelson Haedo Valdez, 15 Victor Caceres, 16 Cristian Riveros, 13 Enrique
Vera; 9 Roque Santa Cruz, 7 Oscar Cardozo.
 New Zealand:
1 Mark Paston; 19 Tommy Smith, 6 Ryan Nelsen, 4 Winston Reid; 3 Tony Lochhead, 5 Ivan
Vicelich, 7 Simon Elliott, 11 Leo Bertos; 9 Shane Smeltz, 14 Rory Fallon, 10 Chris Killen.
Referee:
Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
 Substitutions:
66 Mins (Paraguay) - 19 Lucas Barrios on for 7 Oscar Cardozo
67 Mins (Paraguay) - 10 Edgar Benitez on for 18 Nelson Valdez
69 Mins (New Zealand) - 20 Chris Wood on for 14 Rory Fallon
79 Mins (New Zealand) - 22 Jeremy Brockie on for 10 Chris Killen
 3 Yellow
Cards:
10 Mins - Victor Caceres (Paraguay)
41 Mins - Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay)
56 Mins - Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand)
 0 Red Cards.
Slovakia vs Italy.
Previous Encounters:
When Paraguay and New Zealand met for a 1995 friendly in Santiago de Chile, Paraguay
narrowly beat New Zealand (3:2).
2010 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.
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