There you have it. Gerardo Tata Martino's squad was composed and controlled the majority of the game. The first goal came from an excellent pass from Lucas Ramon Barrios to Enrique "Rambert" Vera. The second was a shot from Cristian Riveros. In the days leading to the game vs. Slovakia, there were news reports claiming that Jonathan Santana stated "not feeling Paraguayan" (born in Buenos Aires). This drama is nothing compared to what the French and English teams are going through, and the win shows how united Tata's team is. Santana refuted the claims, and what appeared to be mild controversy is over and all eyes are on the Kiwi squad. Slowly the confidence of La Albirroja is building up. On Sunday 20th of June Santa Cruz stated that the new goal of La Albirroja is to win the group. That's not a bad objective, considering that Netherlands will probably win their group and face the 2nd place team from group F. Japan or Netherlands? We'll take any team!

It's good to see the team get through the first game jitters. Now we can expect some beautiful futbol from this team.