Adam Bareiro misses World Cup with Paraguay despite fine form at Boca | OneFootball

Gustavo Alfaro spoke with the forward before submitting the final list of 26 players for the World Cup.

At the start of 2026, Boca made a move for Adam Bareiro, a player who at the time was playing for Fortaleza and whose rights were partly owned by River. Without a doubt, his past with the Núñez club did not go unnoticed. In his first half-season with Xeneize, the Paraguayan delivered an outstanding performance: he scored 6 goals in the 14 matches he played.

The final stretch of the semester was marked by a double muscle tear suffered in the Torneo Apertura elimination against Huracán, which kept him out of the last matches of the Copa Libertadores group stage. That injury not only affected his ability to represent Xeneize, but also his national team.

Journalist Martín Arévalo reported that Gustavo Alfaro, head coach of the Paraguay national team, called him to let him know that he would not be included in the list of 26 players called up to represent La Albirroja at the World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The decision is strictly related to his injury and not to his footballing level.

It is undoubtedly a very hard blow for the striker, who had appeared on the preliminary list of 55 players selected by Gustavo Alfaro. Bareiro is still recovering from the muscle injury he suffered on May 9 and, for that reason, will not be considered for the biggest tournament of all.

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