ASUNCIÓN.- The media of Asunción are expressing disappointment today after the Paraguayan team Olimpia –a two time Copa América champion- tarnished its historical record with a 4-0 loss taken last night against Chile’s Universidad Católica. The defeat during the starting match of Phase one of the Copa Sudamericana Tournament has been deemed "humiliating".
The "Popular" newspaper states that "not even the most optimistic Universidad Católica fan would have thought that their team would have had such a heyday against a team with such a favorable history in international competitions".
"Olimpia Undeserving of this Kind of Degradation" is the headline of "Última Hora", a periodical that calls last night's performance in Santiago "mortifying".
"Humiliating Defeat", reads the "Abc Color" headline, which states that the number of goals scored against Olimpia at the match has "practically knocked them out of the Copa Sudamericana".
Meanwhile, "La Nación" claims that "Gustavo Costas' dreadful team was danced all over goal after goal and the humiliation was at its peak".