Paraguay’s striker, Roque Santa Cruz said that Rooney playing in the World Cup is good news for him and for football.

“This is very good for football and it is important for the team to have him back,” said Santa Cruz, himself still uncertain to start against England with tendinitis.
“In a World Cup there should […]

Though they just one their first game in the warm-ups, Paraguay coach thinks they can shock England. Quite a bold and unsupported opinion, if you ask me.

“It’s always been like this, it’s a very special motivation and incentive for us,” he said.
“The Paraguayans are strong and they will know how to get over the difficulties […]

Paraguay finally won a game in the warm-up session before the World Cup, beating Georgia 1-0.

German-based striker Nelson Valdez scored the only goal in the 37th minute in Paraguay’s last appearance before they face Group B opponents England in Frankfurt on 10 June.
Paraguay survived a shaky second-half performance and only held on to the […]

Paraguay has come to Germany to start their World Cup dream.

The Paraguay football team arrived at their training base in southern Germany on Tuesday ahead of the FIFA World Cup™ finals.
The squad arrived by bus from Austria, where they had been based for an eight-day training camp which included warm-up games against Norway (2-2) and […]

Though he is still unable to take full part in training, it seems that Roque Santa Cruz, the Paraguayan striker is nearing full fitness, thus being able to be a part of his team in the upcoming match against England.

The 24-year-old Bayern Munich player sustained a cruciate ligament injury to the joint in October last […]

Paraguay played Norway in a friendly match on Wednesday before the World Cup.

They play quite differently in the 2 halfs, the second being the one where Paraguay shown they are a team qualified for the World Cup.
However, Paraguay looked like a different side in the second period and within minutes captain Carlos Gamarra, in […]

So, here is a list of the teams that qualified for the World Cup, Germany, 2006:

(The will be linked as they will be presented in full)

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Ecuador
England
France
Germany
Ghana
Iran
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Paraguay
Poland
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
Serbia & Montenegro
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Togo
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
U.S.A.
Ukraine