{"id":2617,"date":"2026-06-21T21:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2617"},"modified":"2026-06-21T21:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:11:47","slug":"out-of-hand-paraguay-coach-alfaro-vents-at-world-cups-business-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2617","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Out of hand&#8217;: Paraguay coach Alfaro vents at World Cup&#8217;s business elite"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>SAN JOSE, California, June 21 (Reuters) &#8211; Paraguay&#8217;s outspoken coach Gustavo Alfaro took aim at football&#8217;s \u200cbusiness elites on Sunday, accusing them of commercial intrusion on the World Cup and sidelining fans with exorbitant ticket costs in a sport that has its roots in poverty.<\/div>\n<div>In unscheduled remarks to media during a training session, Alfaro promised \u200bhis team would do everything to reach the next round and hoped more fans \u200bfrom Paraguay could travel to support them, alongside a diaspora who had turned \u2060out so far.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;People I know are having a very hard time, because travelling these days is \u200bvery difficult, very expensive, the World Cups are blown out of proportion, the costs, everything else, \u200band that&#8217;s why sometimes you understand the sacrifice people make to pay for a ticket,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The essence of football is lost. And football can&#8217;t be a business, it has to be football&#8230; a very select group get \u200bto enjoy it,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Football, we all own it, primarily the poorest, because the cheapest toy \u200bto play with was a ball, which was sometimes hard to afford, but 22 people could play with just \u200cone \u2060toy. So the power of football is immense. And that&#8217;s what we must defend,&#8221; Alfaro added.<\/div>\n<h2>&#8216;BORN FROM ADVERSITY&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div>The Argentine coach said the business side of football was becoming intrusive, disrupting the flow of games with hydration breaks that enabled more advertising.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;It&#8217;s a commercial break, not a hydration break,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The \u200bgame is getting out \u200bof hand.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Paraguay face Australia on \u2060Thursday in a decisive Group D match in the San Francisco Bay Area after the surprise turnaround of their campaign in a gritty 1-0 win \u200bover Turkey, which followed a 4-1 thumping by the United States.<\/div>\n<div>Alfaro \u200bsaid his team was \u2060from humble roots, &#8220;born from adversity&#8221; and would prove against Australia prove they were worthy of their place at the World Cup and deliver what he said would be a message to the kids in \u2060the street.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Being \u200bless for us means being more. 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