Paraguay and Bolivia will meet in a game with a taste of revenge

Assunción, June 6th 2011 (AFP) – The teams of Paraguay and Bolivia will meet this Wednesday in a payback game and in preparation for the Copa America.
In the first game, last Saturday, in the city of Santa Cruz de La Sierra, the Paraguayan team won by 2 – 0 with two goals by forwards Lucas Barrios (Borussia Dortmund - Germany) and Federico Santander (Tolouse - France).
The return game will be in the Feliciano Cáceres Stadium, of the Club Sportivo Luqueño, in the city of Luque, near Assunción, at 7:30 p.m. local time (23h30 GMT).
Barrios, the top goalscorer of Borussia in the last German championship, and author of an amazing ankle goal in last Saturday´s game, said that his goal against the Bolivians “was one of the most beautiful of my career, but I owe it to my teammates”.
“The whole team did a great job and the victory was based on everyone’s effort.  This gives us strength to continue. We want to win the Copa America. In the payback we’ll try once again to give joy to our people”, said the player.
Santander, who will be 20 years old on the day of the first game, commented about the opponent team. “They have good players, but we will fight for a victory and fortunately we can do it”.
Probable Squads:
Paraguay: Justo Villar, Marcos Cáceres, Dario Verón, Paulo Da Silva, Elvis Marecos; Jonathan Santana, Cristian Riveros, Marcelo Estigarribia, Orlando Gaona Lugo; Roque Santa Cruz and Lucas Barrios. Coach: Gerardo Matino.
Bolivia: Carlos Arias, Lorgio Alvarez, Ronald Raldes, Ronald Rivero, Luis Gutiérrez; Jaime Robles, Wálter Flores, Rudy Cardozo, Edivaldo Rojas; Jhasmani Campos (Mauricio Saudedo) and Marcelo Martins Moreno. Coach: Gustavo Quinteros.

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