El día que PARAGUAY ELIMINÓ a ESPAÑA del MUNDIAL | Paraguay 3-1 Nigeria 1998

On June 24, 1998, the Paraguayan and Spanish national teams faced Nigeria and Bulgaria, respectively, for a place in the Round of 16 of the World Cup. Spain needed to beat Bulgaria and hope for a win from Nigeria to advance, while Paraguay would secure qualification with a victory. Thus they formed: Paraguay (3): José Luis Chilavert (C), Francisco Arce, Carlos Gamarra, Celso Ayala, Pedro Sarabia, Denis Caniza (55' Julio César Yegros), Carlos Paredes, Julio César Enciso, José Cardozo, Miguel Benítez (67' Roberto Acuña), Hugo Brizuela (77' Arístides Rojas) Nigeria (1): Peter Rufai, Taribo West, Uche Okafor, Augustine Eguavoen, Ben Iroha, Garba Lawal, Sunday Oliseh (46' Godwin Okpara), Wilson Oruma (68' Finidi George), Nwankwo Kanu, Rasheed Yekini, Tijani Babangida. Goals: 1' Celso Ayala, 11' Wilson Oruma, 58' Miguel Benitez, 86' Jose Cardozo Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:19 Teams enter the field 00:52 Match begins 01:08 Goal by Celso Ayala (Paraguay vs Nigeria 1-0) 01:53 Goal by Wilson Oruma (Paraguay vs Nigeria 1-1) 02:33 Goal by Miguel Benítez (Paraguay vs Nigeria 2-1) 03:30 Goal by José Cardozo (Paraguay vs Nigeria 3-1) 04:27 Match ends 🎤 Commentary: Mariano Closs ⚽ Subscribe to the channel here ➡️    / @psfutbol   👍🏻 Like the video 🔻Thanks for watching! ________________________________________________________________________________ *The content used is strictly for research/review purposes and to help inform about the latest Paraguayan football news. All under Fair Use law. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.