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COPA AMERICA 2011: PARAGUAY AND AN INSPIRATIONAL SECRET WEAPON

 * by Team Just Football
 * on July 1, 2011
 * in Internationals, Latest, South America
 * Comments Off on Copa America 2011: Paraguay and an inspirational secret
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Favourites they may not be, but if it’s a dark horse you’re looking for at this
year’s Copa America then Paraguay – motivated by special and heartwarming
circumstances – might be the one. Ralph Hannah reports from Asunción:

Paraguay will kick off their 2011 Copa America campaign in Argentina on Sunday
afternoon against Ecuador in Santa Fe. The squad, currently in Cordoba their
base for the tournament, are bullish, and every journalist who asks gets the
same answer: “We’re here to win it”. The confidence comes from their historic
performance at last year’s World Cup (Paraguay’s first ever quarter final
appearance) but morale has been boosted by the continued recovery of one
Salvador Cabañas.

The barrel-chested striker was scoring bags of goals for his club, América in
Mexico until he was tragically shot in the head in a Mexico City bar on the 25th
of January 2010. A nation held its breath as he underwent an operation and
although he survived, the bullet was not removed and he was not out of danger.
After more than a month he spoke to the press for the first time about his
desire to play again. “Football gives you a lot things and I still want to play”
he stated in Spanish. Previously he had spoken to his wife but only in Guaraní,
the language he spoke at home in Itauguá, one of a cluster of poor industrial
towns to the east of Asunción.



He even went back to his home to stay with his parents during last year’s World
Cup, sharing a bed with his father as he had done as a child. With that in mind
the events earlier this month are even more astounding. On 8th June his physio
Alder Rolón declared him 100% physically fit. Then, as if to prove it, a smiling
Cabañas was photographed training not with local side Libertad (as he had been
since February) but with the Paraguay national team.

There is no doubt that Cabañas’ presence was a welcome lift for all the players
and coaching staff. Nelson Haedo Valdez smiled when asked about his friend. “It
brought back the good old times…I grew up with him in the national team,” before
adding “every day with him is a gift from God.” Paraguay’s coach Gerardo Martino
said seeing him again “makes us all feel better” and Cabañas was invited back.

He ended up attending all the training sessions at the high performance centre
in Ypané before the squad departed for Cordoba, Argentina on the 26th June.
Salvador Cabañas had expressed his hopes to be part of the squad in Argentina as
an honorary member a la David Beckham in the 2010 World Cup. In the end he
hasn’t travelled and will cheer on his former teammates in Paraguay but he won’t
be forgotten by anybody in the albirroja set up, while in South Africa they
phoned him before every game as a ‘Cábala’ (superstition).

Guarani ambition

There is, of course, more than just superstitions and the inspiration that
Cabañas represents to Paraguay’s game. They are a very well organised team
coached by an experienced and tactically adept manager. Early signs from the
Cordoba training camp suggest Paraguay will employ the high pressing, high
paced, 4-3-3 style that was so successful against their South America rivals in
the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers.

The talented but ultimately underperforming (at international level) Oscar
Cardozo has been dropped from the squad altogether in favour of a more mobile
attacking unit. Readers will be aware of Bundesliga champion Lucas Barrios and
the Premier League’s Roque Santa Cruz, but there is also the top scorer from the
Paraguayan Apertura, Pablo Zeballos and the very gifted (CONCACAF) Champions
League winner Osvaldito Martinez. Le Mans winger Marcelo Estigarribia was very
impressive in two friendlies against Bolivia and the forwards department is
completed by the experienced and gutsy Valdez.

Add that to a midfield that combines technical excellence with plenty of ‘garra’
(literal translation ‘claw’ but a better translation is balls) – epitomised by
Nestor Ortigoza the San Lorenzo defensive midfielder who can put a ball on a
sixpence and flatten an opponent into the size of one too. He is likely to be
used off the bench to close out matches because Martino usually starts with the
more mobile Victor ‘Topo’ Caceres complemented by Sunderland’s Cristian Riveros
and the excellent Jonathan Santana who can harry and press their opposite
numbers all game.

A key part of Paraguay’s most recent friendly against Chile and their early
training sessions has been winning the ball back quickly by reorganizing rapidly
when possession is lost – the quality of their midfielders allow Martino to
employ that tactic effectively.

There is no doubt that Argentina and Brazil are the favourites to battle it in a
third straight final, but Paraguay will be doing their utmost to change that.
They have the defensive qualities, they have the attacking potential and in
Salvador Cabañas they have a special motivation to take the Copa America trophy
for the third time.

You may also be interested by: Just Football’s Copa America 2011 tournament
preview.

Ralph Hannah is a contributor to Just Football based in Paraguay, focussing on
South American football and Paraguay in particular. Follow him @paraguayralph .
He also runs the blog Football Top Tens.



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