Goals in each half from Enrique Vera and Cristian Riveros were enough to give Paraguay a 2-0 win over Slovakia and leave them well-placed to qualify from Group F.
Paraguay dominated the first half and it was no surprise when Vera broke the deadlock with a composed finish shortly before the half-hour mark.
And Riveros made the game safe four minutes from time with a crisply struck drive from the edge of the box.
Lineups:
Slovakia: Ján Mucha; Peter Pekarík, Martin Škrtel, Kornel Saláta (Miroslav Stoch, 83), Ján Ďurica; Stanislav Šesták (Filip Hološko, 70), Zdeno Štrba, Marek Hamšík, Vladimír Weiss; Ján Kozák; Róbert Vittek
Paraguay: Justo Villar; Carlos Bonet, Paulo da Silva, Antolín Alcaraz, Claudio Morel; Enrique Vera (Édgar Barreto, 88), Víctor Cáceres, Cristian Riveros; Roque Santa Cruz, Nelson Haedo Valdez (Aureliano Torres, 68), Lucas Barrios (Óscar Cardozo, 82)
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Paraguay dominated the first half and it was no surprise when Vera broke the deadlock with a composed finish shortly before the half-hour mark.
And Riveros made the game safe four minutes from time with a crisply struck drive from the edge of the box.
Lineups:
Slovakia: Ján Mucha; Peter Pekarík, Martin Škrtel, Kornel Saláta (Miroslav Stoch, 83), Ján Ďurica; Stanislav Šesták (Filip Hološko, 70), Zdeno Štrba, Marek Hamšík, Vladimír Weiss; Ján Kozák; Róbert Vittek
Paraguay: Justo Villar; Carlos Bonet, Paulo da Silva, Antolín Alcaraz, Claudio Morel; Enrique Vera (Édgar Barreto, 88), Víctor Cáceres, Cristian Riveros; Roque Santa Cruz, Nelson Haedo Valdez (Aureliano Torres, 68), Lucas Barrios (Óscar Cardozo, 82)
Statistics:
| Slovakia | Paraguay | |
| 0 | Goals | 2 |
| 1 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 2 | Shots off target | 5 |
| 3 | Corners | 1 |
| 17 | Fouls | 16 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 52 | Ball possession (%) | 48 |
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