Versus / “Totín” Amarilla and Alan Benítez, figures in Minnesota’s humiliation against Everton

Paraguayans abroad

21 Jul 11:55

Several Premier League teams are touring the United States as part of their preparation for the 2022-23 season that kicks off next August, taking on teams from both Major League Soccer and Liga MX.

One of them is Everton led by Frank Lampard and this Wednesday faced Minnesota United, where Paraguayan striker Luis “Totín” Amarilla is one of the figures and Alan Benítez arrived for this semester.

And both were protagonists in the surprise win that the American team gave to the Premier League team, 4-0. Amarilla maintains its streak and high level that it shows in the MLS, scoring once once more, the third for the “Loons” in the match.

It is the fourth goal of “Totín” in his last seven games, counting the MLS games and in this period he also has two assists.

-Debut by Alan-

While in the supplementary, when the game was already 3-0 for the “Loons”, Alan Benítez was sent to the field of play, playing for the first time with Minnesota United.

And in his first game in his new team, the former Cerro Porteño was already the protagonist providing assistance from the right side for Minnesota United’s fourth goal, scored by the Ghanaian Abu Danladi.

On July 23, Minnesota United will return to action in Major League Soccer facing the team of another Paraguayan, Sebastián Ferreira’s Houston Dynamo.

Alan Benítez, in his first game with Minnesota United. Photo: @MNUFC.

Comments

Latest videos

The Paraguayan Women’s Soccer Team continues to dream of a historic classification; reach a World Cup for the first time in the Absolute category. For now, the Albirroja is installed in the semifinals of the Copa América Colombia 2022 following winning 2-1 on Wednesday at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali.

The best role played by the Guaraní team in a Copa América was fourth place in 2006, a campaign that must improve in order to qualify directly for the 2023 Australia/New Zealand World Cup.

The champion, the vice-champion and the third will obtain the direct ticket to the world event, while the fourth and the winner of the match for fifth place will play the playoff. In the case of Paraguay, they have three opportunities to make history.

On Tuesday, July 26, La Albirroja will face Brazil for a place in the Copa América grand final. The winning team will qualify for the World Cup and also one of the two places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

In the event of a setback once morest “Canarinha”, Paraguay will have a second chance in the match for third place, which would be once morest Colombia, Argentina or Venezuela. The winner will get the World Cup ticket and the loser of that duel will have to play a playoff once morest teams from other continents. La Albirroja would enter a group of 10 teams that will bid for three places.

It is worth remembering that Paraguay for now has already secured its presence at the 2023 Pan American Games, to be played in Chile. However, the great objective is to reach the World Cup and why not, in the Olympic Games.

The Paraguayan National Team has played 4 games in the Copa América Colombia 2022. It started with a defeat once morest the host, but then it has only registered celebrations; once morest Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador.

PARAGUAY’S CAMPAIGN IN THE WOMEN’S CUP AMERICA 2022:

Colombia 4-2 Paraguay

Paraguay 3-2 Chile

Paraguay 2-0 Bolivia

Paraguay 2-1 Ecuador

YOUR NUMBERS:

4 games played

3 victories

1 defeat

9 goals for

7 goals once morest

Comments

Opening 2022

21 Jul 11:09

In the last few hours there was a lot of talk regarding Ameliano wanting to take Cerro Porteño to Ciudad del Este and the Barça club did not see this option favorably, but Francisco Arce appeared at a press conference with another wish.

“Chiqui” spoke regarding the match on the fourth date, which was rumored to be in Alto Paraná and gave his opinion on the matter: “I already gave my opinion, I would prefer to go to Ciudad del Este because of the field, because of the people, that is what I answered this followingnoon, if it depended only on me, I would like to go to the East”, stressed the Barça coach.

Given this, it will be necessary to see if Cerro finally changes his position and accedes to the wish of Sportivo Ameliano, who by not requesting in advance the possible transfer to the East, cannot force Azulgrana to travel and can only do so if there is a common agreement.

On the following day, Cerro receives Sol de América in the Nueva Olla and then he will have to wait to find out where he will face the team with the blue “V”.

Comments

Share:

Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
LinkedIn

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.