The Paraguayan national team will host its Argentine counterpart on Thursday, in a classic match in the eleventh round of World Cup qualifiers.
Since it is a Clásico match between “Red and White” and “Tango”, the Paraguayan Football Association wanted to add some excitement to the top.
Paraguayan Football Association President Fernando Vilasuaba announced that any fan who comes to the stadium wearing a Lionel Messi shirt will be considered an unwelcome person. This decision includes the shirts of the Argentine national team, Barcelona, and even Inter Miami.
The aim of this decision is to decorate the stands in the national colors of “Alberoja”, red and white, and to create a 100 percent “Made in Paraguay” atmosphere to support the Paraguayan players.
“We are all partners in this match in our own way,” Vilaswapa said proudly on La Red radio.
These instructions were previously applied in Paraguay’s recent match against Brazil, which included player Vinicius Junior. His fans were then forced to leave their shirts at home or face being evicted from the stadium as if they were trying to enter a nightclub at three in the morning. Officially, the goal is to reduce tensions and riots, and this policy appears to have brought luck; Paraguay then won 1-0.
In the race to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, Argentina leads the standings with 22 points, while Paraguay occupies sixth place with 13 points, and is struggling to obtain a direct qualification ticket.
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