Beating Argentina was a matter of State: the president congratulated :: Olé

The president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, had to meet some scheduled meetings as head of state. But he canceled them to be at the Defensores del Chaco stadium and saw the 2-1 victory over Argentina in the Qualifiers. After the match, he posted a message, accompanied by a video of a visit to the footballers the day before, which states that beating the Albiceleste was a result with an impact that exceeded sports. “We said it before: no one is unbeatable. It’s all in the head,” the ruler published on his account in X.

“Paraguay is a giant country, and today you showed it on the field, with the support of an entire country behind. Thank you, guys, for so much determination and for so many joys,” he added.

The coach, Gustavo Alfaro, in the press conference after the match, said: “Yesterday the President of the Nation came to visit us. He told us that he was not going to go to the meetings agreed upon abroad because he wanted to go to the field. I name him because when we passed through the market we went through humble neighborhoods. And the most representative man in the country had the same feeling. It was the feeling of an entire country,” he said.