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Paraguay have home advantage today against Colombia. The match is a second round fixture in the Sudamericano 6 Naciones A competition. Both countries join the top tier of South America, an important change for both countries.
Despite being similarly positioned in the Americas Rankings there has not been a detailed history of international competition between Paraguay and Colombia. Paraguay first competed in the South American A Championship in 1971 while Colombia’s first appearance is now in the new format of the Sudamericano 6 Naciones A.
Previous restructuring saw Paraguay moving between the South American A and B divisions while Colombia joined the South American B Championship in 2001. Paraguay and Colombia would meet in the 2004 and 2005 tournaments with Los Yacarés winning 79-7 and 82-8.
Tremendous improvement from Los Tucanes saw reduced deficits in the 2012 and 2013 South American B Championships. Paraguay won the matches 54-17 and 25-15. In their most recent match Paraguay won 39-27 in a RWC 2019 qualifier in Asunción in 2016.
The rivalry is one that is to become increasingly important overtime. Today’s match is expected to be tightly contested with Paraguay going in as favorites.
At the time of publication the starting lineup’s are yet to be confirmed. The rosters selected for the match as as follows:
PARAGUAY ROSTER
Emilio Gorostiaga, Cesar de Brix, Matías Martínez, Juan Inglés, Joaquín Vera, Alvaro Rojas, José Lezcano, Andrés Nasser, Alejandro Montiel, Leonardo Glizt, Máximo Gómez, Horacio Ocampos, Gonzalo Alvorado, Gastón Navas, Gonzalo Bareiro, Sergio Alvarenga, Camilo Orrego, Carlos Bareiro, Santiago Alamo, Diego Argaña, Renato Cardona, Horacio Aguero, Juan González
COLOMBIA ROSTER
Diego Andrés Posada Giraldo, Andrés Felipe Arango Aguilera, Mauricio Espinal Vargas, Jorge Andrés Alvarez Velasquez, Sebastián Arroyave Gil, John Carlos Alvarez Grajales, Danny Esteban Giraldo Mesa, Juan Felipe Aguirre Ardila, Camilo Cadavid, Gerson Ortiz, Sebastián Mejía, Diver Jefferson Ceballos Salazar, Julián Andrés Navarro Londoño, Alejandro Vanegas Rodrigues, Emmanuel Bedoya, Jhojan Alexander Ortiz Arango, José Manuel Diosa, Juan Gabriel Davila, Jhon Arley Urrutia, Maicol Ivan Machado, Andrés Felipe Alvarez, Ferney Santiago Mejía, Neider Enrique García.
Date: Saturday, May 12 2018
Kick-off: 2:15pm (Local)
Venue: Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
Referee: Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
Kick-off: 3:30pm
