Gustavo Alfaro remains undefeated as technical director of Paraguay and once again obtained a high-impact result: his team tied 2 to 2 at the end against Bolivia in the stadium Municipal of The Highat 4 thousand meters high. However, the match was not without controversy and a brawl broke out in the local team’s second goal. Miguel Terceros He scored from the penalty spot, after a foul that the entire visiting bench denied. And, during the celebrations, several footballers from the Albirroja They went to rebuke their rivals, a scene in which the attempt to Alejandro Romero Gamarra to kick him in the back.
The duel for the 13th of the South American Qualifiers became key for the aspirations of both teams, since a victory would have placed them in qualifying positions for the World Cup. In this way, with the result being a tie after the goals of Ervin Vaca for the Verde y Miguel Almiron to equalize the score in the plugin, Andres Matonte scored a foul inside the area defended by Roberto Fernandez.
The Uruguayan referee signaled a penalty after Gustavo Gomez sweep and Lucas Chavez fell to the floor. Despite the effusive demand from the Paraguayan national team to go review the play, Matonte remained firm in his decision and did not receive the call from the VAR. Terceros followed the penalty manual to the letter, kicked cross, and goalkeeper Fernández had the ball slip under his body despite having guessed the direction of the shot. Although, at that precise moment, a fight began to brew between the footballers who were outside the limits of the field.
In the effervescence of the celebration of the goal to take the lead on the scoreboard, the Bolivian players passed in front of the bench where the Paraguayans were, something that the visiting side did not like. This caused a brief brawl between both teams, which had the former soccer player Hurricane, Alejandro Romero Gamarraas the main protagonist. The attacker went to look for a rival and tried to attack him with a kick while he was celebrating.
Although it did not hit him with force, it unleashed the response of his Bolivian counterpart and a climate of tension was generated in which there was a series of pushes.and the intervention of members of the coaching staff was necessary to calm things down. Even though the fight did not escalate, Matonte decided to expel Diego Gómez from Paraguay. Lionel Messi’s teammate at Inter Miami had already left the field of play, after being replaced in the 64th minute by the aforementioned Kaku Gamarra, so those led by Alfaro did not have to be left with one less player in the last minutes.
However, the Albirroja managed to equalize the match at the end of the match after a great goal from Julio Enciso. This play, in which he began to gallop from behind the middle of the field and ended with a strong shot that hit the net, tried to be canceled by the Bolivian fans and Miguel Terceros. From the stands they threw a ball into the sector where the game was being played, something that didn’t even faze the Brighton player. For his part, Bolivia’s number seven kicked the ball so that Matonte could stop the match.something that did not happen.
With this result, Paraguay became the first team to score and score points in El Alto during the current South American Qualifiers. In turn, Gustavo Alfaro remained undefeated during his cycle in the national team, in a series of matches that stands out for winning against Brazil and Argentinain addition to tying against Uruguay and Ecuador. In this way, it is in the direct qualification positions for the 2026 World Cup.
