Saturday 24 December 2011

Chile vs Paraguay News

Chile vs Paraguay News
By Gregory Sica, December 22 2011,

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Luis Pinto converted a superb hat-trick to give Chile a dramatic win over Paraguay in La Serena on Wednesday.

Chile obtained an important 3-2 victory over Paraguay thanks to a superb hat-trick from striker Luis Pinto. The friendly match took place in the Northern Chilean city of La Serena on Wednesday.Claudio Borghi, the Argentine coach of Chile, fielded a side made up of home-based players, while on the other hand Francisco Arce, the coach of Paraguay, selected a relatively experienced side.


The standout performer of the match was Pinto. The talented O'Higgins striker opened the scoring for Chile in the 19th minute, while adding two more goals to his personal account in the second half. Meanwhile, Paraguay's two goals came in the space of four minutes early in the second half, through Edgar Benitez and Julio Cesar Manzur.Chile went into the break with a slight advantage with Pinto's goal, but four minutes into the restart their luck changed somewhat when Michael Contreras pulled the shirt of Edgar Benitez when inside of the area, giving Bolivian referee Raul Orosco no choice but to send him off and award Paraguay a penalty. Benitez made no mistake from the spot to draw the visitors level.Four minutes later Julio Cesar Manzur took advantage of a horrible lapse of concentration from the Chile defense, to head home Paraguay's second goal.But the game turned on its head once more, as in the 62nd minute Pinto converted another penalty kick to equalise for Chile, and he completed his hat-trick twelve minutes later with a fine header to give Chile a remarkable victory.Five minutes from full-time Paraguay were also down to ten-men with Fidencio Oviedo receiving his marching orders for bringing down Leonardo Monje with a dangerous tackle.Chile's next friendly match will be against Ghana in New York on February 29.

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