Pacific / Solomon Islands

FIFA U-17 World Cup: Paraguay defeat Solomons 7-0

13:59 pm on 1 November 2019

Paraguay has trounced Solomon Islands 7 - 0 at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.

Solomon Islands U-17 Football team are making history for their country at their first ever FIFA World Cup final. 2019 Photo: FIFA via Getty Images

Junior Noguera opened the scoring for the South Americans just three minutes after kick off.

The Paraguans had lots of opportunities to extend that lead in the first-half, but were let down by poor finishing coming away with only one more goal from Matias Segovia just before half-time.

The floodgates opened up in the second-half though, with three Paraguan players getting a brace each as the Oceania runners up crumbled under the South American onslaught.

Meanwhile, Oceania champions New Zealand were beaten 3-0 by hosts Brazil on Wednesday in Group A.

This is their second loss of the tournament, meaning they need to beat Nigeria by a convincing margin on Saturday to keep their hopes of making it to the knockout rounds alive.