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Paraguay fans react to Almiron display v Japan

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The international break didn’t start so well for Miguel Almiron today as he was part of a Paraguay side that lost 2-0 to Japan. 

It was a miserable performance from Paraguay who only had three shots the whole game compared to Japan’s 16 [SofaScore].

All three shots were on target but Paraguay couldn’t find a goal and that’s a tale that Newcastle fans will be all too familiar with, as Almiron still waits for his first attacking return since his move from Atlanta in January for a fee close to £22m.

Almiron played in behind striker Antonio Sanabria on Thursday but didn’t get a great response from Paraguay fans to his performance.

Here are the best reactions to Almiron from the Paraguay faithful:

This translates as, “Almiron is everywhere but nowhere…” and it sums up his Newcastle career so far. Almiron has busted a gut at St James’ Park and has shown flashes of genius, but ultimately no end product.

It means that Almiron hasn’t scored for anyone in the last 10 months, with his last goal coming for Atlanta last November. That needs to change soon.

This fan said that Paraguay have “no thinkers. Almiron tries with his runs but does not reach, there is no evolution.” Again, this could be a Newcastle fan talking about his performances in black & white.

This fan said that “Almirón is fast” but isn’t getting the distribution he needs, ending with “Something is wrong”.

It was a familiar refrain from this Paraguay fan who said that Almiron knows how to run but nothing else. He said that the Newcastle player was a disaster today but he wasn’t alone on the Paraguay team, with other players criticised too.

Not everyone was so harsh on Almiron. This fan said Paraguay only have Almiron and two other players who are worthy of playing at the moment.

This Paraguay fan actually name-checked Newcastle and seemed to be blaming his club for his loss of international form. He said that the Almiron they saw today was the player in “Newcastle mode”, just running to no effect. That seems harsh as Almiron still hasn’t scored for his country in 20 games. Maybe Newcastle have him in “Paraguay mode”.

Final word goes to this Paraguay journalist who said “Almiron playing way more defensive than he should be”, which you might put down to his lack of confidence in front of goal at the moment. All in all, it was seemingly not the performance that Newcastle fans would have been hoping for from their attacker. 

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