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The chance for Olympic gold is gone for Iraq’s overachieving soccer team, but its players emerged from a semifinal loss with their pride intact and hopes still alive for a bronze medal to delight their beleaguered fans at home.
More experienced, more opportunistic, Paraguay ended Iraq’s improbable run with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night and advanced to Saturday’s gold medal game against Argentina, a 3-0 winner over Italy. Gold or silver, it will be the first Olympic medal of any sort for Paraguay.
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