Paraguay: Martino quits

Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino has resigned following his team's elimination from the World Cup. Martino's men made it to the quarter-finals before losing 1-0 to Spain thanks to a late David Villa strike. "My four years are over," Martino said on US...

Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino has resigned following his team's elimination from the World Cup.

Martino's men made it to the quarter-finals before losing 1-0 to Spain thanks to a late David Villa strike.

"My four years are over," Martino said on US television network Fox Sports. "But I will stay around to help find a successor."

Paraguay finished top of Group F, which also contained Slovakia, New Zealand and Italy and beat Japan in the first knockout round on a penalty shoot-out.

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