Recoleta FC drew 2-2 with Deportivo Cuenca away from home and remains in contention for qualification in Group D of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana. The Paraguayan team will face San Lorenzo in the final round.
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Sportivo Trinidense honored coach José Gabriel Arrúa and his team for five years of work at the club, a period in which the team consolidated in professional football, competed in the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, and maintains a growth trajectory under the presidency of Norman Rieder.
With the final round of the 2026 Torneo Apertura approaching, four clubs still need to fulfill the minutes requirement for U-19 players, facing a fine of 1 billion guaranis and a three-point deduction.
In the seventh round of the 2026 Division Intermedia, General Caballero JLM reclaimed the top of the table, taking advantage of the defeat of then-leader 12 de Junio de Villa Hayes to rival Benjamín Aceval. The championship had four wins and four draws over the weekend.
1° de Marzo, from Fernando de la Mora, and 29 de Setiembre, from Luque, each earned three points on Sunday, maintaining the former's lead and moving up the table in the seventh round of the Primera Divisional B. The round will conclude on Monday with the match between 24 de Setiembre and Martín Ledesma.
Coach Ariel Holan expressed skepticism about the return of full-back Blas Riveros, injured since February, causing apprehension in the Paraguayan national team less than a month before the World Cup.