Paraguay sinks in the tie despite the premiere of Guillermo Barros Schelotto

Despite a new technical director to change the pace, Paraguay lost again on Thursday against Chile 1-0 in Asunción, is still sunk in the leaderboard and begins to say goodbye to the possibility of qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

A press outlet titled: “Autoderrota”, to summarize the bad moment of the Guarani team, reflected in the innocent own goal of goalkeeper Antony Silva, after a corner kick by Alexis Sánchez, which declared the victory of La Roja.

The arrival as helmsman of Argentine Guillermo Barros Schelotto to replace his compatriot Eduardo Berizzo the scheme followed by this one did not change at all, who was dismissed on October 14 after being beaten 4-0 by Bolivia in La Paz.

With five games remaining to finish the South American qualifier for Qatar, Paraguay ranks eighth with 12 points, to four from Chile, Colombia and Uruguay, which are fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. These teams are the ones that are fighting, at the moment, the last direct place to the World Cup (fourth) and the one that gives a place to playoffs against a team from another continent (fifth).

Goalkeeper Antony Silva’s own goal gives Chile three points in Paraguay

The already classified Brazil (34), the Argentine guard (25) and even the third, Ecuador (20), already appear unattainable for Paraguay.

The same ones from the Berizzo era

The twin called up the same players as Berizzo and sent to the field a training similar to that of its predecessor, which only got two wins in the tie, both against bottom Venezuela.

“Is that what Berizzo left for?”exclaimed a sports journalist lamenting the performance redhead who lost “without football, without claw, without anything” and above with an own goal from goalkeeper Silva.

Other analysts found guilty in the sports leadership for having been slow to make the change of coach. But the general public took aim directly at the low production of those chosen for this tie, mostly players who are active abroad, including a half dozen nationals.

Copy Martino

The coaches who followed Gerardo Martino, who led Paraguay to the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (the best historical performance of the Guarani), They tried in vain to copy the assembly made by the current Mexican technician.

The Tata had appealed to a very few nationalizations and drew on local playersmostly experienced, whom he knew very well during his decade-long career as a Paraguayan club coach.

With the possibility of reaching the Qatar World Cup fading, the public advocates on the networks the return of the great marginalized by the capricious experiment of renewal that Berizzo motorized.

The sports press supports the return of local players, among them veterans Oscar Cardozo, Roque Santacruz and Derlis González, as well as other highlights of the domestic contest.

They assure that in this last stretch of the World Cup they could perform much better than the returnees, given the failure of the replacement that has been operated since Martino left after the vice-championship in the Copa América in Argentina-2011. (D)