2002 World Cup qualifier - Bolivia 0 Paraguay 0

This game turned into a negative and attritional encounter and the 0-0 score came as some relief for Paraguay.

The visitors were at high altitude in La Paz and the thin air makes matches a difficult to play in.

Strength sapping attacks are difficult to sustain but Paraguay moved into fourth place in the CONMEBOL table.

They have ten points from six matches but this game saw a poor performance full of errors and nasty fouls.

Juan Carlos Benitez almost scored for the visitors in the 85th minute with a shot across goal but Paraguay were on the defensive throughout who used special preparations to cope with the altitude.

A special squad of Paraguay players was picked last month and sent to Bolivia to acclimatise and adapt to the thin air and though they were not regular internationals they took seven places in the starting line up.