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The dream of Trinidad and Tobago has ended - the Caribbean Sea team, which had minimal chances of reaching the quarterfinals, lost the last match 2-0 only to a Paraguayan team fighting for honor and ended their battles in the 2006 World Cup.
Fritz Walter Stadium, Kaiserslautern 46,000 spectators Referee: Massimo Rosseti (Italy) Paraguay 2 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago 25' [1 - 0] Brent Sancho (own goal) 86' [2 - 0] Nelson Cuevas
Paraguay: A.Bobadilla; J.Nunez, C.Gamarra, J.Caceres (78' J.Manzur), D.Caniza (88' P.Da Silva); E.Barreto, R.Acuna, C.Paredes, J.Dos Santos; R.Santa Cruz, N.Valdez (66' N.Cuevas). Trinidad and Tobago: K.Jack; A.John (31' K.Jones), B.Sancho, D.Lawrence, C.Birchall; A.Whitley (66' R.Latapy), C.Edwards, D.Theobald (66' A.Wolfe), C.Glen (41' E.Wise), D.Yorke; S.John.
For the first time in this World Cup, Trinidad and Tobago's goalkeeper Calvin Jack had work at the beginning of the match - after just three minutes of a penalty kick, Roque Santa Cruz headed the ball towards the goal, but the goalkeeper managed to push the ball away with a great jump.
After a few minutes, Paraguay's goalkeeper Aldo Bobadilla also had work, but he also managed to resist the opponents' shot.
Although the match continued evenly, Paraguay was lucky in the 25th minute when after Roberto Acuna's header, Julio Dos Santos tried to score a goal with a header, but the ball ended up in the Trinidad team's defender B.Sancho.
The goal gave Paraguay confidence and they started to attack more. In the 35th minute, Denis Caniza sent the ball into Trinidad and Tobago's goal for the second time, but the referee didn't count the goal due to offside.
As the first half was ending, defender Denzil Theobald kicked the ball away from his goal line, giving his team hope to achieve a positive result in the second half.
And it seemed that they would succeed - in the second half, Trinidad and Tobago started to play much more actively and created opportunities near the opponents' goal.
Cornell Glen missed one of the best opportunities, with his shot hitting the post. And a few moments later, veteran Russell Latapy's shot flew over the goal. Despite all efforts, Leo Beenhakker's players failed to score a goal.
If you don't score, you get scored on - eventually this rule was once again confirmed by Paraguayan Nelson Cuevas, who defeated K. Jack for the second time at the end of the match after a precise combination.
Statistics Paraguay - Trinidad and Tobago Shots on goal 9 - 2 Total shots 16 - 9 Corner kicks 18 - 21 Offsides 7 - 1 Yellow cards 3 - 3 Ball possession time 53% - 47% Best player of the match Julio Dos Santos (Paraguay)
