La Albirroja will host Uruguay on January 27 at the La Nueva Olla stadium, owned by the Cerro Porteño club; in March he will receive Ecuador.
Selections from Paraguay and Uruguay will play on January 27 at the La Nueva Olla stadium, of the Cerro Porteño club, its match corresponding to the fifteenth round of the qualifying rounds South Americans of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
This was announced on Tuesday by the Paraguayan Football Association in a statement indicating that This complex is the one with the largest capacity in the South American country and meets “all the requirements of FIFA for international matches of this level of competitions.”
This news means that La Albirroja abandons its traditional setting, the Defensores del Chaco, and moves to a larger court.
The General Pablo Rojas stadium, known as La Nueva Olla, was inaugurated in 1970 and reopened in 2017 with capacity for 45,000 people.
Two years later, it housed the South American Cup final That ended with the victory of the Ecuadorian Independiente del Valle 3-1 against Colón from Argentina.
In July 1999, the stage hosted the Copa América match in which Colombia defeated Uruguay 0-1 with a score from forward Victor Bonilla.
That day, Diego Alonso, recently appointed as the new Celeste coach in place of Óscar Washington Tabárez, was on the substitute bench for the team then led by Víctor Púa.
From there, Uruguay visited Asunción to play for the 2002 Korea-Japan qualifiers, Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018.
In those five games, Paraguay reaped three victories, while Celeste won only one match and the other ended with a draw.
This time, both teams will meet at a time when both are in dire need of points.
With four days remaining, Uruguay occupies the seventh place of the classification with 16 points, the same as Chile -which is sixth for having a better goal balance-.
Paraguay, for its part, is ninth with 13 units, six more than the last classified.
The South American qualifiers are led by Brazil, with 35 points. Argentina follows with 29. Both teams have a game pending but a guaranteed presence in the Qatar World Cup.
Ecuador accumulates 23 units, Colombia 17, with a goal balance of minus 1, and Peru also 17 points, with a goal balance of minus five. (D)
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