OLIMPIA-CERRO PORTEÑO
14-year-old Fernando Ovelar scores in Paraguay 'Clasico'
Ovelar is just 14 years, 9 months and 27 days old and held his nerve in front of 40,000 fans to put Cerro Porteño ahead in the Paraguayan "El Clasico" vs Olimpia.
Update:
Fernando Ovelar played in only his second ever game in the Paraguayan Primera División for Cerro Porteño and bagged his first goal as a professional at the ripe age of 14.
A packed Estadio Manuel Ferreira packed with 40.000 witnessed how the teenager held his nerve and slotted home in the 16th minute goal against arch-rivals Olimpia in the Asuncion derby. The game ended 2-2 with the home side bagging an equaliser in the thirteenth minute of added time.
The day belonged to the young player who, on match day was only 14 years, 9 months and 27 days old with Cerro Porteño's Ovelar certainly a name to watch out for in the future.