Last friday were played the first semifinal matches of the Paraguayan Division De Honor. An extreme balance characterized these matches: Deportivo Recoleta defeated Cerro Porteño due to a Barrios goal ten minutes before the end of the match, while Universidad Autonoma de Asuncion couldn't resist to the Olimpia comeback, until the final draw result. Return matches will be played during the next week-end.


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Semifinals - First match

Note: Each half last 30 minutes in Paraguay

23/7/2004

Cerro Porteño - Deportivo Recoleta 1-2 (1-1)

Hall: Dirección General de Deportes

DEPORTIVO RECOLETA:
Starting five: Francisco Coronel, César Riveros, Edgar Correa, Alfredo Ortiz and Luis Villalba
Substitutions: Reinaldo Aguirre, Hugo Barrios and José Santander
Coach: Ignacio Villalba

CERRO PORTEÑO:
Starting five: Aurelio Martínez; Rogelio Godoy, Sergio Ríos, Ariel Boderone and Roberto Díaz
Substitutions: Luis Gaona, Carlos Céspedes, Víctor Genes, Antonio Rivas and David Villalba
Coach: Ariel Rivaldi

Scorers:

5’ Ariel Boderone (1-0)
12’ Luis Villalba (1-1)
50’ Hugo Barrios (1-2)

Referees: Joel Ruiz and Dionicio Paredes
Assistant: Cristhian Peña



Universida Autonoma de Asuncion - Olimpia 2-2 (1-0)

Hall: Dirección General de Deportes

U.A.A.:
Starting five: Cristian Acuña, Fabio Alcaraz, Hebert Giménez, José Rotela and René Villalba
Substitutions: Gabriel Ayala, Oscar Jara, Emmanuel Ayala, Andrés León, Angel Rotela and Daniel Ferreira
Coach: Juan Carlos Orihuela

OLIMPIA:
Starting five: Carlos Espínola, Hilario Peralta, Juan Gómez, Rodrigo Barrios and Pablo Romero
Substitutions: Ismael Brítez, Javier Romero and José Carlos Román
Coach: José Velázquez

Scorers:

9’ Hebert Giménez (1-0)
48’ Gabriel Ayala (2-0)
49’ Pablo Romero (2-1)
58’ Ismael Brítez (2-2)

Referees: Néstor Valiente and Jorge Caballero Vega
Assistant: Digno Melgarejo

Sent Off: Fabio Alcaraz (UAA)