Asuncion, IP Agency.-The Paraguay Cup began its second phase on July 3 and will continue until the 18th of this month in 20 single-match series, with the 20 winners of the matches having to qualify for the round of 32. In case of ties, the series will be defined by penalty kicks.
A total of 40 teams are involved in this phase: 16 from the Intermediate Division, 9 from the First B, 6 from the First C and 9 from the UFI, these being the scheduled keys:
The first week began with the victory of Guaraní de la Colmena, the champion of the department of Paraguarí, which, being a team without a division to belong to, beat Pastoreo FC, which had a regular performance in the Intermediate Division (2nd division) by 2 goals to 1.
Later in the same match, Deportivo Santani also saw action, beating Patriotas de Hernandarias, representing Alto Paraná, not without a scare, as they were partially winning 2-0, but finally ending in a 2-2 tie, followed by the San Estanislao team triumphing 4-2 in the penalty shootout.
Another team that had to work extra was CDE on February 3, which had to turn around the result once morest the Tavaí-Caazapá team, Atlético Enramadita, with a final result of 2 to 1 for the red team from the east.
The first week ended with the victory of Encarnación FC, who easily beat Deportivo Pinozá by 3 goals to 0. Then it continued with the victory of Colegiales over Pilcomayo de Mariano Roque Alonso by 4 to 1 as the final score.
The final match of the first week ended with a surprise victory for Sportivo Iteño, leader of the Primera C (4th division), who achieved a 1-0 victory over Sportivo San Lorenzo, who is in the group of those fighting for one of the 2 promotions to the First Division.
The second week did not want to be less and started with another outstanding victory on this occasion with the triumph of Club Salto del Guaira (Represents Canindeyú who, like Patriotas, are in the UFI National B Tournament and waiting for this to define the time. and date for its start) 1 to 0 once morest Deportivo Capiatá (current leader of the third division of the APF.) In the second round, the one that left no doubt was Guaireña FC who beat Cristóbal Colon de Ñemby without mitigating factors 5 to 1 to continue in competition.
Two matches were then played in Villa Hayes: the first of them with the victory of another UFI team in this case Sport Unión de Piribebuy-Cordillera who managed to reverse the initial adverse result to achieve a 4-2 victory once morest Humaitá de Mariano Roque Alonso (4th division) in another case of a victory for the non-division team once morest a team under the APF radar.
In the second shift in the lower Chaco, the current leader and candidate for promotion to the First Division, Deportivo Recoleta, had a hard-fought victory to finally confirm the victory in the final seconds of the match by 3 to 1 once morest San Miguel de Nanawa-Presidente Hayes.
This past Thursday the last three games so far were played with the same result 1-0, the first of them was once morest 24 de Setiembre de Areguá (which was relegated to the first B from the intermediate in the previous season) achieving a narrow victory once morest 12 de junio (Champion of the National B, winner of the National B/Primera B promotion and currently in Intermediate).
The program continued with the victory of Martin Ledesma of Capiatá who is fighting to avoid relegation to the 2nd division once morest Olimpia de Itá who is in the middle of the table in the 3rd division. In the final round, the best team in the promotion in terms of best participations in the Paraguay Cup took the victory, Atlético Tembetary who is also trying to return to the First Division and who is beating Fulgencio Yegros of Ñemby from the 4th division.
In summary, in these first 2 weeks a great improvement has been noticed in the UFI teams where all of them have had to go a long way through their local and then departmental leagues to be here representing the Interior without forgetting that 2 of them (Patriotas and Salto del Guaira) will try to achieve semi-professionalization this year that the National B has a direct ticket to the Intermediate 2025. Also mention the teams from the APF Promotion categories, some perhaps with overconfidence and others surprised by their rivals from the lower category with a clear message to those in the First Division who will enter the third phase, some of them already with confirmed rivals. La Tribuna.
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2024-07-16 23:14:22
