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No match for them: Pynandi thrash Brazil to claim a second straight title in Lima
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No match for them: Pynandi thrash Brazil to claim a second straight title in Lima

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Paraguay defeated Brazil 5-0 in the final of the 2025 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship in Lima, Peru.
  • Thiago Barrios scored four goals, while Didier Cáceres added a penalty as Paraguay finished the tournament with five wins and one loss.
  • Paraguay also beat Colombia 6-1 in the semifinals and secured its second consecutive title.

Paraguay's Pynandi overwhelmed Brazil 5-0 in Lima to win the South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship for a second consecutive time.

Thiago Barrios scored four goals in the final at Agua Dulce Beach, taking his tournament total to 17 and finishing as the competition's top scorer. Didier Cáceres scored Paraguay's other goal from the penalty spot.

Paraguay ended the tournament with five wins and one defeat, scoring 34 goals. Its only loss came against Brazil in the group stage, when Brazil won 2-1. The Pynandi then swept past Colombia 6-1 in the semifinals, while Brazil reached the final after a narrow 5-4 win over Venezuela.

The result continued Paraguay's rivalry with Brazil in the competition. Paraguay had beaten Brazil 5-3 in the previous edition, held in Iquique, Chile. Brazil won the 2017 tournament in Montevideo, while Argentina took the 2019 edition in Luque. Paraguay won bronze in both of those tournaments.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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