Apologies for the lack of predictions the past couple of days. I know you can't live without our insightful insights. Anyway, we're back to it for this afternoon's Italy-Paraguay match, which kicks off at 2:30pm on ESPN.
Italy vs. Paraguay
Paraguay wins 1-0
This is a tricky one to call, so I decided to turn to my trusty FourFourTwo magazine World Cup preview issue for some clarity. According to their experts, here are a couple of Italy's key strengths: lots of experience and confidence that comes from having a close-knit squad. Weaknesses: lack of creativity in central midfield. And Paraguay's strengths? They are hard working and have a close-knit squad with plenty of team spirit. Weaknesses: lack of creativity in central midfield. Well then, that certainly makes picking a winner much easier doesn't it. Fans say Italy has plenty of experience; critics just say they are too old. Paraguay will be without Salvador Cabanas, their best striker, as he recovers from a gunshot wound to the head he suffered in January, but the team has used his recovery as an inspiration and rallying point heading into the tournament. This looks like a game that stays 0-0 until a late goal, and we're predicting it comes from Paraguay. With the game finishing up around 10:30 or 11pm in South Africa, all of Italy's old guys will be tired and cranky and unable to get a tying goal.
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why would you leave out details of the gun shot to the head? that's pretty important. I'd like more information on the personal lives of the teams.
Kelly,
Mr. Cabanas was shot in the bathroom of a bar in Mexico City. Eyewitness reports said that he was at the bar with his wife and brother-in-law. When he went to the bathroom, he was confronted by a a local gang leader who angrily told him he wasn't scoring enough goals for Club America, the team in Mexico that Cabanas plays for. Cabanas apparently did not say in anything in response, which prompted the gang leader to pull out a gun and shoot him in the head. The shooter was then seen on surveillance video getting into a black SUV outside the bar and driving off, and police have been unable to apprehend him since the incident.
shotty police work in Mexico City. What makes this "gang" member think shooting someone in the head would make them score more goals? Whole thing sounds fishy. I think it is domestic. Wife hired brother to shoot MR. Cabanas.
Interesting theory, but I don't think it's very accurate. There is a lesson in the story, though: Don't go to bars in Mexico City. Or maybe just Mexico City in general.
what about bars that ben rothesberger frequents?
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