Pre-match analysis

Pre-match analysis

Quarterfinals – Leg 2

Tuesday 18 May 2010, at 01:15 +GMT (19/5)

Defensores del Chaco Stadium, Asunción (PAR)

Capacity: 36 000 14ºC degrees

25 Bernardo Medina

3 Adalberto Román

14 Pedro Sarabia

2 Ismael Benegas

15 Miguel Samudio

17 Jorge Moreira

18 Víctor Cáceres

16 Sergio Aquino

8 Wilson Pittoni

23 Rodolfo Vicente Gamarra

21 Pablo Velázquez




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23

R. Gamarra

Velázquez



16

8


Pittoni

Aquino


17

18


3

15

Cáceres

Moreira


Román

Samudio


14

2


Benegas

Sarabia



25


Medina


bench

1 Rubén Escobar

4 Gustavo Mencia

6 Omar Pouso

7 Edgar Robles

20 Rodrigo Alborno

22 Javier González

9 Roberto Gamarra

coach: Gregorio Pérez
Referee: Héctor Baldassi (ARG)

Assistant Referee: Ricardo Casas (ARG)

Assistant Referee: Hernán Maidana (ARG)

4th Referee: Néstor Pitana (ARG)

1 Liborio Sanchéz

2 Mario De Luna

4 Héctor Reynoso

5 Patrício Araujo

21 Christian Pérez

18 Xavier Báez

13 Abraham Coronado

27 Jorge Armando Mora

24 Julio Nava

17 Omar Bravo

9 Omar Arellano

9

17

Bravo

Arellano



27

24


Mora

Nava


13


21

18

Coronado


2

Báez

Pérez

De Luna


4

5


Reynoso

Araujo



1


Sanchéz


bench

12 Miguel Jiménez

19 Christian Morán

3 Aarón Galindo

16 Édgar Solís

20 Édgar Mejía

11 Ulises Dávila

15 Ricardo Vázquez

coach: Jose Luis Real










History: Club Libertad is located in Asuncion, Paraguay. The team was founded on July 30, 1905. Libertad has several nicknames, but is most known as Gumarelo or Los Repolleros.
Main Titles: The club won 14 Paraguayan National Leagues (last in 2008). Libertad also won the Second Division in 2000. The team never won an international competition as the Copa Libertadores or Sudamericana.
Last Match: Libertad lost to Chivas by 0-3 in Mexico. The team must win by 4 goals of difference to classify. The same result will take the match to the penalty shoot-out.
National League Situation: Libertad is in the 5^th position of the Paraguayan National League with 32 points in 18 rounds (one round less than the other teams). In the last match the team won Cerro Porteño by 2-0.
Last Edition – 2009: Libertad passed the Group Stage but got eliminated in the Round-of-16.
History in Libertadores: Libertad has 10 appearances: never been Champion; Semifinal in 1977 and 2006; Quarterfinals in 2007; Round-of-16 in 2009; and in the First Stage in 1968, 1978, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008.
Classify Methods: Libertad classified to Copa Libertadores 2010 because was the 2009 Primera División best-placed non-champion.
Head-to-Head (Copa Libertadores):

Matches: 1

Libertad wins: 0

Chivas Guadalajara wins: 1

Draws: 0

Goals scored for Libertad: 0

Goals scored for Chivas: 3

NEWS

Since winning its first championship in 1910, Libertad has always been overshadowed by the two big clubs in Paraguay: Olimpia and Cerro Porteño, who together won most of the Paraguayan football national championships. Despite that, Libertad has confirmed the position of third "big" team in Paraguay by winning ten championships, one more than Club Guaraní which has nine titles.
There has always been much controversy between the two clubs, since Guarani have always been considered the third team in terms of following in Paraguay, but Libertad are in third place as far as titles are concerned. Guarani still do draw larger crowds to their games, despite not having won the league title since 1984.
Libertad has always been considered a traditional club in the Paraguayan league and the relegation of the club to the second division in 1998 was very shocking. Two years later however, a new president took over the club and they were promoted back to the first division. Two years later in 2002, they won the Paraguayan league title and repeated the same feat in 2003.
The success of the later years allowed Libertad to qualify for the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. They reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores in 2006, and in 2007, Libertad reached the quarter-finals, where they lost to Boca Juniors.
Majority of Libertad's fans currently are the Elite class and young kids due to their current success.
Libertad is one of the favorite teams to win the Copa Libertadores 2010. The team had a great campaign in the Group Stage and eliminated Once Caldas (2004 champion).
History for the Copa Libertadores 2010:

Number of matches: 11

Libertad’s wins: 5

Libertad’s losses: 2

Draws: 4

Goals scored: 15

Goals allowed: 8







History: Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A. de C.V. was founded on May 8th, 1906. The club is located in Guadalajara, Mexico. The team is also known as ‘Chivas’, ‘Rebaño Sagrado’ and ‘Campeonísimo’.
Main Titles: The club won a Concacaf Champion’s Cup in 1962, other 9 international titles, 11 (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1986, 1996, 2006) Mexican National Leagues and 2 Mexican Cups.
Last Match: In the last match for the Copa Libertadores, Chivas Guadalajara won Libertad by 3-0. The team now can lose by 2 goals of difference and if scores 1 goal, Libertad must win by 4 goals of difference.
National League Situation: Chivas Guadalajara was eliminated of the Mexican National League last weekend. The classified as first of the Group in the Preliminary Stage, but lost in the Quarterfinals both matches to Monarcas.
Last Edition – 2009: The team reached the Round-of-16 but did not play the Stage.
History in Copa Libertadores: Chivas Guadalajara has 5 appearances: 1998 and 2008 in the Group Stage; eliminated in the Semifinals in 2005 and 2006. Last year the team quit the competition in the Round-of-16.
Classify Methods: In the 2009 edition San Luis and Chivas gave up of the Round-of-16 due a H1N1 (Influenza A) pandemic in Mexico. Both teams started the 2010 edition in the Round-of-16.
Head-to-Head (TOTAL):

Matches: 1

Libertad wins: 0

Chivas Guadalajara wins: 1

Draws: 0

Goals scored for Libertad: 0

Goals scored for Chivas: 3

NEWS

C.D. Guadalajara is the only football club in Mexico to exclusively field Mexican-born players. The three colors of the team are red, white, and blue; they are symbolic of "Fraternity, Union, and Sports".
Chivas is one of two teams in Mexico that has never been relegated to the Liga de Ascenso (2nd Division). Club América and Chivas share a long-standing rivalry. The team mascot, as well as their nickname, is the goat or Chiva .
Chivas is the Mexican league's most successful team and is considered the most popular Mexican football club according to FIFA.com. Chivas obtained an 8 consecutive win streak, the most ever consecutive wins in Mexico.
El Clásico Tapatío is a derby that is played between two teams from the old and important city of Guadalajara, Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Club de Fútbol Atlas.
El Súper Clásico - Chivas vs. América - continues to raise huge excitement in the whole country as well as in other parts of the world where there are fans of either team. The intensity of the game is lived so passionately that every time these two teams contest a game.
In 2009, after classifying to the Round-of-16 of Copa Libertadores, San Luis and Chivas Guadalajara, both from Mexico, gave up of participating of the competition that year. Mexico was passing by a H1N1 (Influenza A) pandemic and CONMEBOL decided that no matches could be hold on the country. The teams, due that happened, decided to quit the competition. CONMEBOL, otherwise, putted them in the 2010 Copa Libertadores right in the phase where both teams stop playing last year.
History for the Copa Libertadores 2010:

Number of matches: 3

Chivas Guadalajara’s wins: 2

Chivas Guadalajara’s losses: 1

Draws: 0

Goals scored: 6

Goals allowed: 2

Copa Libertadores 2010

No. Player Nat. DoB MP GS YC RC

Goalkeepers

1	Rubén Escobar	PAR	06/02/1991	0	0	0	0
12	Tobías Antonio Vargas	PAR	21/08/1989	0	0	0	0
25	Bernardo David Medina	PAR	14/01/1988	11	0	0	0

Defenders

2	Ismael Benegas	PAR	01/08/1987	8	0	0	0
3	Adalberto Román	PAR	11/04/1987	4	2	0	0
4	Gustavo Ramón Mencia	PAR	05/07/1988	0	0	0	0
13	Francisco Evelio Silva	PAR	18/10/1990	0	0	0	0
14	Pedro Alcides Sarabia	PAR	05/07/1975	11	0	0	0
15	Miguel Ángel Samudio	PAR	24/08/1986	11	0	0	0
19	Jorge Luis Caballero	PAR	10/03/1990	1	0	0	0

Midfielders

5	Victor Hugo Ayala	PAR	01/01/1988	11	2	0	0
6	Omar Héber Pouso	URU	28/02/1980	4	0	0	0
7	Edgar Arnulfo Robles	PAR	22/11/1977	5	0	0	0
8	Wilson Osmar Pittoni	PAR	14/08/1985	5	0	0	0
11	Gustavo Alberto Cristaldo	PAR	31/05/1989	0	0	0	0
16	Sergio Daniel Aquino	PAR	21/09/1979	11	0	0	0
17	Jorge Luis Moreira	PAR	01/02/1990	1	0	0	0
18	Víctor Javier Cáceres	PAR	25/03/1985	9	1	0	0
20	Rodrigo Alborno	PAR	12/08/1983	2	0	0	0

Forwards

10	William Gabriel Mendieta	PAR	09/01/1989	1	0	0	0
9	Roberto Gamarra	PAR	11/05/1981	10	5	0	0
21	Pablo César Velázquez	PAR	12/03/1987	11	3	0	0
22	Javier Mercedes González	PAR	24/09/1979	8	0	0	0
23	Rodolfo Vicente Gamarra	PAR	10/12/1988	7	2	0	0
24	José Ariel Núñez	PAR	12/09/1988	0	0	0	0

No. – Number / Nat. – Nationality / DoB – Date of Birth / MP – Matches Played / GS – Goals Scored
YC – Yellow Card / RC – Red Card /



Copa Libertadores 2010

No. Player Nat. DoB MP GS YC RC

Goalkeepers

1	Liborio Sánchez	MEX	09/10/1989	3	0	0	0
12	Miguel Jiménez	MEX	14/03/1990	0	0	0	0
22	Sergio Arias	MEX	27/02/1988	0	0	0	0

Defenders

2	Mario De Luna	MEX	05/01/1988	0	0	0	0
3	Aarón Galindo	MEX	08/05/1982	0	0	0	0
4	Héctor Reynoso	MEX	30/01/1988	3	1	0	0
6	Omar Alejandro Esparza	MEX	21/05/1988	3	0	0	0
21	Christian Pérez	MEX	27/03/1990	0	0	0	0
19	Christian Morán	MEX	04/07/1990	0	0	0	0
23	Miguel Ángel Ponce	MEX	12/04/1989	2	0	0	0
25	Juan Antonio Ocampo	MEX	11/06/1989	0	0	0	0

Midfielders

5	Patrício Araujo	MEX	30/01/1988	3	0	0	0
8	Marco Jhonfai Fabián	MEX	21/07/1989	0	0	0	0
14	Jorge Enríquez	MEX	08/01/1991	0	0	0	0
16	Édgar Solís	MEX	05/03/1987	3	0	0	0
18	Xavier Baéz	MEX	22/07/1987	3	0	0	0
20	Édgar Mejía	MEX	27/07/1988	2	0	0	0
27	Jorge Armando Mora	MEX	-	0	0	0	0

Forwards

7	Adolfo Bautista	MEX	15/05/1988	0	0	0	0
9	Omar Arellano	MEX	18/06/1987	0	0	0	0
10	Medina Alberto	MEX	29/05/1983	0	0	0	0
11	Ulises Dávila	MEX	29/05/1983	0	0	0	0
13	Abraham Coronado	MEX	28/02/1992	0	0	0	0
15	Ricardo Vázquez	MEX	15/05/1990	3	1	0	0
17	Omar Bravo	MEX	04/03/1980	3	3	0	0
24	Julio César Nava	MEX	29/12/1989	1	0	0	0

No. – Number / Nat. – Nationality / DoB – Date of Birth / MP – Matches Played / GS – Goals Scored
YC – Yellow Card / RC – Red Card /


Line Ups – Preliminary Stage
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

26/01/2010 Deportivo Táchira - Libertad 1-0 San Cristobal - Venezuela

Goals: -

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Samudio, Benegas, Caballero, Cáceres, Aquino, Gamarra (González), Ayala, Velázquez (R. Gamarra), Robles (Portelli)
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

02/02/2010 Libertad – Deportivo Táchira 3-1 Asunción - Paraguay

Goals: Gamarra (40’), Velázquez (67’, 81’)

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Samudio, Benegas (R. Gamarra), Cáceres, Aquino, Ayala, Cristaldo (González), Moreira (Pitonni), Gamarra, Velázquez

Copa Libertadores 2010 - Group 4
Team	MP	W	T	L	GS	GA	+/-	Points
Libertad-PAR	6	3	3	0	10	3	7	12
Universitario-PER	6	2	4	0	5	2	3	10
CA Lanús-ARG	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
Blooming-BOL	6	0	1	5	3	13	-10	1

Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

09/02/2010 Lanús – Libertad 0-2 Buenos Aires - Argentina

Goals: Gamarra (66’), Velázquez (73’)

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Cáceres, Samudio, Benegas, Aquino, Gamarra (Pouso), Ayala, Moreira (Pitonni), González (Dávalos), Velázquez
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

16/02/2010 Libertad - Blooming 4-0 Asunción - Paraguay

Goals: Cáceres (45’), Gamarra (66’, 90’), Ayala (89’)

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Samudio, Benegas, Cáceres, Aquino (Pouso), Gamarra, Ayala, Moreira (Pitonni), González (Albornoz), Velázquez
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

25/02/2010 Universitario - Libertad 0-0 Lima - Peru

Goals: -

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Román, Samudio, Benegas, Cáceres, Aquino (Pouso), Gamarra (Albornoz), Ayala, González (Moreira), Velázquez
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

23/03/2010 Libertad - Univertario 1-1 Asunción - Paraguay

Goals: Ayala (55’)

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Román, Samudio, Cáceres, Aquino, Gamarra, Ayala, Robles (Moreira), González (Pitonni), Velázquez
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

30/03/2010 Libertad – Lanús 1-1 Asunción - Paraguay

Goals: Román (3’)

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Román, Cáceres, Aquino, Pitonni (Albornoz), Samudio (Dávalos), Ayala, Robles, R. Gamarra, Velázquez (González)
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

15/04/2010 Blooming – Libertad 1-2 Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolívia

Goals: Román (38’), Gamarra (52’)

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Román, Samudio, Benegas, Cáceres, Aquino, Gamarra (Robles), Ayala, González (Cristaldo), Velázquez (R. Gamarra)

Round-of-16
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

29/04/2010 Once Caldas – Libertad 0-0 Manizales - Colombia

Goal: -

Libertad: medina, Sarabia, Román, Samudio (Pouso), Benegas, Vera, Cáceres, Aquino, Gamarra, Ayala (Robles), Velázquez (R. Gamarra)
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

06/05/2010 Libertad – Once Caldas 2-1 Asunción - Paraguay

Goal: R. Gamarra (71’, 89’)

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Román, Samudio (Maciel), Benegas (Olmedo), Vera, Cáceres, Aquino, Gamarra , Ayala, Velázquez (R. Gamarra)
Quarterfinals
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

11/05/2010 Chivas Guadalajara - Libertad 3-0 Jalisco, Guadalajara - Mexico

Goal: -

Libertad: Medina, Sarabia, Román, Samudio (Maciel), Vera, Cáceres, Aquino, R. Gamarra, Ayala (Moreira), Olmedo, Gamarra (Velázquez)
Next Matches
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

18/05/2010 Libertad - Chivas Guadalajara - Asunción - Paraguay

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  Chivas Guadalajara did not participate of the Group Stage.
  
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  The team was already classified to the Round-of-16 with San Luis.
  
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  Both teams left Copa Libertadores 2009 in that phase because Mexico was passing by the pandemic of Influenza A, mostly known as Swine Flu (H1N1).
  

Line Ups - Round-of-16
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

27/04/2010 Chivas Guadalajara – Vélez Sarsfield 3-0 Jalisco, Guadalajara - Mexico

Goal: Omar Bravo (25’, 78’), Héctor Reynoso (90’)

Chivas Guadalajara: Sánchez, Reynoso, Solís, Esparza, Mejía (Araujo), Saucedo, Vázquez (Baez), Ponce, De La Mora (Plascencia), Riverón, Bravo
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

04/05/2010 Vélez Sarsfield - Chivas Guadalajara 2-0 Buenos Aires - Argentina

Goal: -

Chivas Guadalajara: Sánchez, Reynoso, Esparza, Saucedo, Vàzquez, Ponce, Solís, Mejía, Garcia (Araujo), Riverón, (Plascencia), Bravo (Baez)
Quarterfinals
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

11/05/2010 Chivas Guadalajara - Libertad 3-0 Jalisco, Guadalajara - Mexico

Goal: Bravo (2), Vázquez Gallien

Chivas Guadalajara: Sánchez, Reynoso, Araujo, De La Mora, Saucedo, Vázquez, Baez, Nava (Solís), Tafoya (Esparza), Riverón (Vázquez Gallien), Bravo
Next Matches
Date Match Result Stadium/Venue

18/05/2010 Libertad - Chivas Guadalajara - Asunción - Paraguay

Standings – Libertad
Paraguayan National League

Rnk	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1	Guaraní	20	13	4	3	38	18	20	43
2	Cerro Porteño	19	13	3	3	33	17	16	42
3	Olimpia	20	11	6	3	31	14	17	39
4	Club Rubio Ñu	20	9	8	3	32	20	12	35
5	Libertad	18	9	5	4	25	10	15	32
6	Nacional	19	7	5	7	26	22	4	26
7	Sportivo Luqueño	20	5	9	6	26	27	-1	24
8	Sol de America	20	6	3	11	22	35	-13	21
9	Sportivo Trinidense	20	4	6	10	18	32	-14	18
10	Sport Colombia	20	4	4	12	17	34	-17	16
11	3 de Febrero	20	4	3	13	16	32	-16	15
12	Tacuary	20	3	4	13	18	41	-23	13

Regulation
A new rule was introduced in 2008, stating that there will be two champions each year corresponding to the winners of the two tournaments played during the season, the Apertura (or "Opening Tournament) and Clausura (Closing Tournament). This replaces the old system in which the Paraguayan Football Association divided its championships into two sections, the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura. The winners of each tournament staged a playoff to decide each year's national champion. If the same team won both stages, it automatically won the national championship.The team with the worst average points over the last three years is automatically relegated to the second division league, and the second-worst team plays a playoff match against the second division runner-up. The winner of the playoff match plays in the first division the following year.


Standings – Libertad
Paraguayan National League
Date Opponent Result Goalscorers

30/01/2010 Guaraní (A) 0-1 -

06/02/2010 Club Rubio Ñu (H) 2-1 Pittoni, Mancia

12/02/2010 Tacuary (A) 4-0 Pittoni, R. Gamarra (2), Ayala

21/02/2010 Sportivo Trinidense (A) 1-1 Alborno

01/03/2010 Sport Colombia (H) 3-0 Velázquez, R. Gamarra

06/03/2010 3 de Febrero (A) 0-0 -

10/03/2010 Sportivo Luqueño (H) 0-1 -

14/03/2010 Nacional (H) 0-0 -

20/03/2010 Olimpia (H) 0-0 -

26/03/2010 Sol de America (A) 4-1 R. Gamarra (3), Alborno

03/04/2010 Guarani (H) 2-1 Velázquez, Maciel

10/04/2010 Club Rubio Ñu (A) 1-2 Velázquez

18/04/2010 Sportivo Luqueño (A) 2-1 Bareiro, R. Gamarra

21/04/2010 Tacuary (H) 0-0 -

24/04/2010 Sportivo Trinidense (H) 0-1 -

03/05/2010 Sport Colombia (A) 1-0 Maciel

08/05/2010 3 de Febrero (H) 3-0 Nunez, Orué (2)

16/05/2010 Cerro Porteño (H) 2-0 Gonzalez, Mendieta
Next Matches
23/05/2010 Olimpia (A) -

30/052010 Sol de America (H) -

Top scorers
7 goals

R. Gamarra

4 goals

Velázquez

2 goals

Alborno, Pittoni, Orué

Standings – Chivas Guadalajara
Mexican National League
Group 1

Rnk	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1	Chivas Guadalajara	17	10	2	5	28	21	7	32
2	Toluca	17	8	6	3	27	15	12	30
3	Atlas	17	7	3	7	26	23	3	24
4	Querétaro	17	6	3	8	13	25	-12	21
5	Indios Juárez	17	4	3	10	10	29	-19	15
6	San Luis	17	3	5	9	18	29	-11	14

Regulation
The Mexican National League (Clausura) occurs on January to May. The competition has 18 teams divided into three equal groups, and each team play against each other into one season (17 rounds). The first two places of each group plus the two overall best other clubs classifies to the La Liquilla, a knout-out competition (Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final).


Fixtures – Chivas Guadalajara
Mexican National League (Quarterfinals)
Date Opponent Result Goalscorers

01/05/2010 Monarcas Morelia (A) 2-4 Enríquez, Bravo

08/05/2010 Monarcas Morelia (H) 0-1 -
*Chivas ended the Preliminary Stage (Group) as first place, but got eliminated in the Quarterfinals.

Coach

Libertad – Gregorio Pérez

Gregorio Elso Pérez Perdigón (born 16 January 1948 in Maldonado) was an Uruguayan football (soccer) player, but nowadays, he is a manager. He is widely considered in his country as a respetable person due to his respect to the others and keeping his principles and values despites the result of the game; in fact, he is known as "Don Gregorio". Is important to remark that Gregorio Perez was manager assistant of Oscar Tabarez in 1990 during the participation of the Uruguayan national football team in the 1990 Football World Cup. In his career as coach, he commanded Gimnasia U Esgrima La Plata (ARG), Peñarol (URU), Cagliari (ITA), Danubio (URU), Argentinos Juniors (ARG), olimpia (PAR) and Libertad.


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Coach

Chivas Guadalajara – Jose Luis Real

Jose Luis Real Casillas, also nicknamed as ‘El Guero Real’ (born on June 6^th, 1952) is the currently coach of Chivas Guadalajara. He had already coached two Mexican teams in the first division: Dorados de Sinaloa and Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Jose Luis Real has a record in the Mexican championship with 8 victories in roll in the beginning of a competition. He wants to become champion of the Copa Libertadores with Chivas and make history that never been written before: lead a Mexican team to the Libertadores title. He is in Chivas command since 2009.

Referee

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (ARG)

Assistant Referee: Ricardo Casas (ARG)

Assistant Referee: Hernán Maidana (ARG)

4th Referee: Néstor Pitana (ARG)

Name Nat. DoB Language
Héctor Baldassi ARG 05/01/1966 Spanish

Héctor Wálter Baldassi (born January 5, 1966 in Río Ceballos, Córdoba) is an Argentine international football referee. His first Argentine first division was in 1998 and only two years later he debuted internationally. Nicknamed La Coneja (Spanish for The She Rabbit) Baldassi officiated several CONMEBOL club competitions including the final match of the 2008 Copa Libertadores, and participated in several international competitions including the 2004 Copa América and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He was called for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but was later dismissed because one of his assistants didn't pass the medical tests. He was preselected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Stadium – City
Defensores Del Chaco

Estadio Defensores del Chaco is a multi-purpose stadium in Asunción, Paraguay. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium once had a 50,000+ capacity but over the years the stadium has undergone remodeling dropping the capacity to 36,000. The stadium was opened in 1917 and its first name was "Estadio de Puerto Sajonia" because it was located in the Sajonia neighborhood in Asunción. After Uruguay won the gold medal in football in 1924, the Paraguayan FA decided to rename the stadium "Uruguay" to honor the South American Nation. Later, the name was reverted back to Estadio Puerto Sajonia. During the Chaco War, the stadium was used as a munitions depot and troop meeting arena. After the war, it was renamed with the current name "Defensores Del Chaco" (Defenders of the Chaco) in honor of the triumphant soldiers that took part in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia. It underwent renovations during 1939, 1996 and 2007. The stadium is not owned by a team (it is a National stadium) and it is used primarily to host the home games of the Paraguay national football team and for international football club tournament games such as the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. It also held important matches during the 1999 Copa América, including the final in which Brazil defeated Uruguay.
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Asunción – Paraguay

Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay. The Asunción metropolitan area has more than 2.8 million inhabitants. It is the home of the national government, principal port, and the chief industrial and cultural centre of the country. Local manufacturing production includes footwear, textiles, and tobacco products. Population is approximately 520,000 people in the city proper.^[1] Roughly 30% of Paraguay's 6 million people live within Greater Asunción. Sixty-five percent of the total population in the city is under the age of 30. Asunción features a tropical savanna climate that borders on a humid subtropical climate. Asunción generally has a relatively short dry season that spans from June to September and a wet season that covers the remainder of the year. The climate of Asunción can be described as hot and humid for most of the year. The city is home to the Godoi Museum and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (which contains old paintings from the 19th century), the Church of La Encarnación and the Metropolitan Cathedral, and the National Pantheon of the Heroes, a smaller version of Les Invalides in Paris, where many of the nation's heroes are entombed. Other landmarks include the Palacio de los López, the old Senate building (a modern building opened to house Congress in 2003), the Catedral Metropolitana and the Casa de la Independencia (one of the few examples of colonial architecture remaining in the city).

Calle Palma is the main street downtown where several historical buildings, plazas, shops, restaurants and cafes are located. The "Manzana de la Rivera", located in front of the Presidential Palace, is a series of old traditional homes that have been restored and serve as a museum showcasing the architectural evolution of the city. The old railway station maintains the old trains that now are used in tourist trips to the cities of Luque and Areguá. Asunción also has luxurious malls that contain shops selling well-known brands. Football is the main sport in Paraguay, and Asunción is home to some of the most important and traditional soccer teams like Olimpia, Cerro Porteño and Club Libertad, Club Nacional, Club Guaraní, Club Sol de América, which have their own stadiums and sport facilities for affiliated members.