Paraguay is partcipating in the 2010 World Cup even though its principal player and top scorer Salvador Cabanas is unable to participate. The reason is that Salvador Cabanas was shot in the head during a dispute at a Mexican Bar. Regardless, the team has not allowed what transpired to affect its morale and Salvador Cabanas is going to South Africa as a spectator.

Salvador Cabanas [before his untimely accident] managed to score six goals, and two yellow cards with 1,219 minutes played. While Cabanas was one of the principal players and scorers for the Mexican team Club America, it will never be known what would have happened if there had been no incident with him being shot. What happened to Cabanas was an 

international disgrace.

Paraguay has been placed in Group F with Italy, New Zealand, and Slovakia. The first game is against Italy and is expected to be a difficult game. The games against New Zealand and Slovakia are expected to be easy with Italy and Paraguay getting the first two places in Group F.

The latest FIFA Coca Cola Ranking places Paraguay in 30th place with 822 points, Italy is in fifth place with 1,184 points, Slovakia is in 38th place with 742 points, and New Zealand is in 78th place with 413 points. 

The team has won 10 matches [mostly at home], with a draw in 3 games [mostly away], and 5 losses [mostly away]. It has had 24 goals for and 16 goals. Paraguay has 42 yellow cards, one red card, and one incident of two yellow cards followed by a red card. Regardless, the team should not be underestimated.

Diego Armando Maradona made the mistake when his team Argentina played against Paraguay during its 2009 World Cup  Classification Game. The result was that Paraguay gave Argentina and Maradona a humiliating defeat. Paraguay is practicing for the first game against Italy and hopes that it will defy convention and defeat it.  

Before South Africa, Paraguay will be testing the waters against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [[also known as North Korea], Ireland, Greece, and the Ivory Coast in May 2010. It appears that Paraguay may defeat North Korea, Ireland, and Greece in its rehearsal games. The Ivory Coast under the leadership of Sven Goran Eriksson may possibly defeat Paraguay.

While the conventional wisdom says one thing, it should be remembered that nothing in sports is absolute.

The reason has been on the basis of organization and measuring of forces between the teams

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