Bolivia welcomed Paraguay into La Paz on the opener of CONMEBOL Matchday Six. Pablo Escobar (pictured, green) began his man-of-the-match performance ten minutes in with an assist to Alcides Peña. Escobar dove forward with his left leg to save a cross from going over the end line, and his touch set up Peña, who shot into the ground and past Justo Villar in the Paraguayan goal for 1-0 Bolivia. That would be the halftime score as well.
Paraguay looked ready to make it a match. Thirteen minutes in, Oswaldo Martinez struck a free kick through a splitting wall, but the ball hit a post. Five minutes later, Villar, stopped a penalty kick from Gualberto Mojica to keep the deficit at just one goal. However, it was at this time that Escobar stepped up his game, providing two goals in a ten-minute span to push Bolivia's lead to 3-0 with ten minutes left in the match. Cristian Riveros pulled one goal back on a bomb from the half circle, but the result had already been sealed. Bolivia get their first win of the 2014 FIFA World Cup 3-1 over Paraguay.
Goals
BoliviaAlcides Peña 10
Pablo Escobar 70, 80 (green)
Paraguay
Cristian Riveros 83
Match Reports:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/soccer/wires/06/09/2080.ap.soc.bolivia.paraguay.1st.ld.writethru.232/index.html
Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLWyutvpGok
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