Paraguay - Argentina 1:0

03 SEP 2005, World Cup Quals

Goals

1:0 Roque Santa Cruz 14'

Paraguay (Anselmo Ruiz)

Justo Villar, Julio Caceres, Denis Caniza, Carlos Gamarra, Jorge Nunez, Carlos Paredes, Roberto Miguel Acuna, Edgar Barreto, Roque Santa Cruz (45' Salvador Cabanas), Nelson Valdez

Argentina (José Pékerman)

Roberto Abbondanzieri, Pablo Zabaleta, Roberto Ayala, Fabricio Coloccini, Gabriel Heinze, Esteban Cambiasso, Lucho González, Juan Román Riquelme (71' Andrés D'Alessandro), Juan Pablo Sorín, César Delgado (80' Lionel Messi), Ernesto Farías

Cards

Edgar Barreto (), Justo Villar (), Gabriel Heinze (), Andrés D'Alessandro (), Pablo Zabaleta (), Gabriel Heinze 56' (), Gabriel Heinze 56' ()

Venue

Los Defensores Del Chaco, Asuncion, Asunción

CONMEBOL · after matchday 16

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Points
1	Argentina	16	9	4	3	27	16	+11	31
2	Brazil	16	8	6	2	31	16	+15	30
3	Ecuador	16	8	2	6	23	19	+4	26
4	Paraguay	16	7	4	5	22	22	0	25
5	Uruguay	16	5	6	5	22	28	-6	21
6	Colombia	16	5	5	6	22	15	+7	20
7	Chile	16	5	5	6	17	21	-4	20
8	Venezuela	16	5	3	8	20	24	-4	18
9	Peru	16	3	6	7	16	25	-9	15
10	Bolivia	16	4	1	11	18	32	-14	13

Trivia

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simón (Brazil).

Attendance: 32000.

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Roberto Abbondanzieri	16	Boca Juniors
Pablo Zabaleta	2	Espanyol
Roberto Ayala	95	Valencia
Fabricio Coloccini	19	Deportivo La Coruña
Gabriel Heinze	28	Manchester United
Esteban Cambiasso	19	Inter
Lucho González	22	Porto
Juan Román Riquelme	25	Villarreal
Andrés D'Alessandro	22	Wolfsburg
Juan Pablo Sorín	66	Villarreal
César Delgado	19	Cruz Azul
Lionel Messi	2	Barcelona
Ernesto Farías	1	River Plate

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
18 JUN 2005		Australia	4:2	Confederations Cup
21 JUN 2005		Germany	2:2	Confederations Cup
26 JUN 2005		Mexico	(6)1:1(5)	Confederations Cup
29 JUN 2005		Brazil	1:4	Confederations Cup
17 AUG 2005	Away	Hungary	2:1	Friendly

Later matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
09 OCT 2005	Home	Peru	2:0	World Cup Quals
12 OCT 2005	Away	Uruguay	0:1	World Cup Quals
12 NOV 2005		England	2:3	Friendly
16 NOV 2005	Away	Qatar	3:0	Friendly
01 MAR 2006		Croatia	2:3	Friendly

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