Hugo Cuenca experienced a very special moment last night as he made his debut for the Paraguay national team, and during a game against Brazil no less.
Calciomercato.com write that Cuenca made his debut for the senior Paraguay side after having represented them at various youth levels. He came on four minutes from the end of their 1-0 win against Brazil in the South American group for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Diego Gomez scored the winner in the 20th minute and thanks to these three points, Paraguay have climbed to nine points after the first eight games (two wins, two draws and three defeats) which puts them in in seventh place in the standings. The top six qualify directly for the final phase, while finishing seventh would mean a play-off.
Cuenca arrived in Italy in the 2022 summer transfer window for €400k from Deportivo Capiatá (who have a 10% percentage on his future resale), and he signed a contract which expires in June 2025.
He has scored seven goals and provided seven assists in 42 appearances with the Primavera and this season he plays for the newly formed Milan Futuro in Serie C. His development is certainly something to watch, especially given that he was part of the USA preseason tour.
Great news for the kid
Why does Milan always find it difficult or, better still, ignorant of the contracts of our budding stars? Imagine the same story that had happened to us in the likes of Donnaruma, Kessie, calhanoglu, and Simic, just to mention a few, is about to happen to this promising star. Leaving players’ contracts to rundown until the last minute then that’s the time they begin to negotiate for a renewal for a new deal, and if they can’t agree, the player goes for free without gaining anything. They are very quick in tying down the contracts of unpromising players’ years before their contract expiry but that doesn’t used to be the case for our promising players which doesn’t tell well
Because they want to enjoy the low salary as long as possible. It’s all about the money.
because they aren’t ready for first team football. Which is why Cuence was subbed in at 85mns and not at the start of the game.
Well… AC did mention names such as Dollarumma, Calhanoglu, Kessie too.
Is because our coaches are all inexperienced that’s why the foolishness
Looks like he has a promising career – given Milan’s management, I expect he’ll leave for a free in the summer and then go on to be a world-beater for another club.