Yacare and Dogos Play Out Tense Battle in Asunción

Yacare and Los Dogos played out a tense battle in Asunción, Paraguay on Saturday. The tension often boiled over and there were three second half yellow cards and a red card. Los Dogos were down to 13 men at one point but managed to hold on for a 24-19 away victory.

• Both teams scored two tries each. A crucial factor in the final score was that Juan Bautista Baronio was more accurate with his goal-kicking than was Valentino DiCapua.
• DiCapua opened the scoring with a penalty. Mateo Sánchez responded with the game’s opening try. It featured a fortunate bounce favoring Los Dogos.
• A rampaging Ramiro Parada Heit from inside his own half saw three Dogos defenders ran over. Recycles and numbers resulted in a try to Ramiro Amarilla. Agustín Segura was among those thrust aside by Parada Heit. Segura led the field injured.
• A try to Faustino Sánchez Valarolo early in the second-half made it 18-11 to Los Dogos. Dicapua struck a penalty to make it 18-14 only for Barono to land two for a 24-14 scoreline. It reminded as such until the closing minutes.
• Juan Cruz Strada produced an assist try for Felipe Puertas in the 74the minute.
• Los Dogos were unable to capitalize on on a late try-scoring opportunity. A kick from Baronio rebounded off the posts and nearly resulted in a score.
• The result means Los Dogos overtake Yacare in the standings. Los Dogos are now 4th and Yacare 5th.

YACARE (19)
TRY – R Amarilla (27′); F Puertas (74′)
CON – V Dicapua 0/2
PEN – V Dicapua 3/3 (2′, 33′, 51′)
YC – S Ruiz (45′); F Puertas (48′)

DOGOS (24)
TRY – M Sánchez (15′); F Sánchez Valarolo (48′)
CON – JB Baronio 1/2 (16′)
PEN – JB Baronio 4/5 (22′, 38′, 53′, 58′)
YC – O Filippa (72′)
RC – R Rossetto (64′)

YACARE
1 Mariano Muntaner, 2 Axel Zapata, 3 Rolando Portillo, 4 Mariano Garcete (capt.), 5 Lucas Sommer, 6 Ramiro Parada Heit, 7 Ariel Núñez, 8 Santiago Ruíz, 9 Juan Cruz Strada, 10 Valentino Dicapua, 11 Arturo López, 12 Ramiro Amarilla, 13 Francisco Diez, 14 Facundo Paiva, 15 Julián Quetglas

Replacements: 16 Jordi Tobías Chavez, 17 César Pérez Gauto, 18 Luis Enrique Quinteros, 19 Juan José Heisecke, 20 Felipe Puertas, 21 Gonzalo Bareiro, 22 Rafael Ochipinti, 23 Joaquín Mussi

DOGOS
1 Boris Wenger, 2 Leonel Oviedo, 3 Pedro Delgado, 4 Lautaro Simes, 5 Federico Albrisi, 6 Aitor Bildosola, 7 Valentín Cabral (capt.), 8 Genaro Fissore, 9 Agustín Moyano, 10 Juan Bautista Baronio, 11 Franco Rossetto, 12 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 13 Agustín Segura, 14 Mateo Soler, 15 Mateo Sánchez

Replacements: 16 Juan Ignacio Greising Revol, 17 Nicolás Revol, 18 Octavio Filippa, 19 Lorenzo Colidio, 20 Ignacio Gandini, 21 Juan Lovell, 22 Julián Hernández, 23 Juan Cruz Caballero

Referee: Pablo Deluca (AR)
Assistant Referees: Nicolás Cotic (AR); Sergio Alvarenga (PY)
TMO: Victor Silvero (PY)

APRIL 11 VS
APRIL 12 VS