LA PAZ (AP) — Con dos goles del paraguayo nacionalizado Pablo Escobar, Bolivia doblegó el sábado 3-1 a Paraguay y con su primera victoria salió del último lugar en las eliminatorias del Mundial de Brasil 2014.

Alcides Peña abrió la cuenta a los 10 minutos con un disparo de media altura tras un rebote en el área paraguaya. Escobar liquidó con sus goles a los 70 y 80. Christian Riveros descontó para Paraguay a los 83.

Pese a su aclimatación de 23 días en La Paz, Paraguay propuso poco y lució débil.

Su delantero Nelson Haedo Valdez estuvo muy marcado y no brilló. Tampoco pudo encontrarse con Pablo Zeballos y el divorcio restó fuerza al ataque guaraní.

Tras el tempranero primer gol, los visitantes se volcaron tímidamente al ataque pero sin contundencia, probando con remates de media y larga distancia.

"Bolivia jugó su mejor partido, a pesar de varios debutantes, y el primer gol marcado a los 8 minutos fue fundamental para contralar el juego", dijo el técnico boliviano Gustavo Quinteros.

Bolivia venía de perder 2-0 como dueño de casa ante Chile el fin de semana pasada y salió con un once titular que incluyó a seis debutantes.

Pero el local supo controlar el balón, impuso una rigurosa marca y presionó en el ataque.

Encontró el gol en el primera carga profunda de Marcelo Martins que dejó en el camino a dos marcadores y Peña aprovechó el rebote para batir al arquero Justo Villar, quien alcanzó a manotear débil.

Los bolivianos erraron un penal a los 62 tras una mano dentro del área. Gualberto Mujica sacó un disparo muy anunciado y la atajada de Villar envalentonó a su equipo que pasó a controlar el partido y a tomar la iniciativa en el ataque.

Bolivia liquidó el partido justo cuando Paraguay era más en el terreno y acorralaba al dueño de casa con un reforzado ataque tras el ingreso de Edgar Benítez en el complemento.

El segundo tanto de los bolivianos, con un remate cruzado de Escobar desde 20 metros por el costado izquierdo, enfrío el ímpetu de los guaraníes que bajaron su presión. Escobar marcó el tercero al picar la pelotas tras un centro de Martins Moreno.

Paraguay logró descontar mediante un potento remate de Riveros.

Bolivia sumó cuatro puntos, igual cantidad que Paraguay. Ambos están en el fondo, aunque por encima de Perú, que tiene tres unidades y el domingo visita a Uruguay.

En la próxima fecha, Paraguay visitará a Argentina y Bolivia hará otro tanto con Ecuador.

El partido se disputó en los 3.600 metros de altitud del estadio Hernando Siles ante poco más de 15.000 espectadores. La derrota ante Chile la semana pasada mermó el entusiasmo en la hinchada.

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Alineaciones:

BOLIVIA: Sergio Galarza, Cristian Vargas, Rony Jiménez, Gabriel Valverde, José Carlos Barba, Alejandro Chumacero, Walter Flores, Gualberto Mojica (José Luis Chávez, 70), Pablo Escobar (Rudy Cardozo, 88), Alcides Peña y Marcelo Martins (Augusto Andaveris, 86).

PARAGUAY: Justo Villar, Ricardo Mazacotte, Adlaberto Román, Paulo Da Silva, Aureliano Torrez, Eduardo Aranda (Hernán Pérez 75), Eric Ramos (Edgar Benítez, 55), Christian Riveros, Osvaldo Martínez, Pablo Zeballos (Luis Caballero, 66) y Nelson Haedo Valdez.

Arbitro: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay).

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