Japan-Paraguay live blog

Neither of these teams has ever made it past the round of 16. Paraguay is 0-3-0 all-time in the round of 16 and Japan is 0-1-0.

Paraguay tries to keep South America's outstanding showing in the 2010 World Cup going and Japan is the last Asian country alive.

Starting 11's:

Paraguay Lineup
G
1Justo Villar
CD-L
21Antolín Alcaraz
CD-R
14Paulo Da Silva
LB
3Claudio Morel Rodríguez
RB
6Carlos Bonet
CM
20Néstor Ortigoza
LM
16Cristian Riveros
RM
13Enrique Vera
F
10Edgar Benítez
LF
19Lucas Barrios
RF
9Roque Santa Cruz

Japan Lineup
G
21Eiji Kawashima
CD-L
4Marcus Tulio Tanaka
CD-R
22Yuji Nakazawa
LB
5Yuto Nagatomo
RB
3Yuichi Komano
CM
2Yuki Abe
LM
7Yasuhito Endo
RM
17Makoto Hasebe
F
16Yoshito Okubo
LF
18Keisuke Honda
RF
8Daisuke Matsui

They've each had good chances so far: Barrios forced a nice save by Kawashima and Matusi clipped the top of the bar with a long range shot.

South American teams are 12-0-2 all-time vs. Asian teams at the World Cup.

0-0 in the 27th minute.