Paraguay's 2nd division soccer players improvise to survive

Striker Nicolas Caballero of the second division Resistencia football club stands on his team's pitch before a training session, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Caballero, 32, who hasn't been paid by his club for more than a year, now has a food stall that sells barbecue on the streets of Asuncion to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Midfielder Fulvio Duarte of the Fulgencio Yegros football club, massages a volunteer in a gym at San Roque Gonzalez University, in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. The 31-year-old soccer player who has played for 13 years, is now finishing his studies as a physiotherapist while he works with his wife in an online shop of orthopedic products to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Striker Nicolas Caballero of the second division Resistencia football club, exits the club's locker room in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Caballero, 32, who hasn't been paid by his club for more than a year, now has a food stall that sells barbecue on the streets to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Defender Jose "Ruli" Rios, of the Fulgencio Yegros Club, second division, runs during a solitary, early morning training session, in Ypane, Paraguay, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. A professional since age 18, the 35-year-old defender helped four clubs reach Paraguay's first division. To survive during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rios is working as a gardener as he waits for the 2021 season to begin. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Defender Jose "Ruli" Rios, of the Fulgencio Yegros Club, second division, rubs his temples during a solitary, early morning training session in Ypane, Paraguay, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. A professional since age 18, the 35-year-old defender helped four clubs reach Paraguay's first division. To survive during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rios is working as a gardener as he waits for the 2021 season to begin. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Striker Nicolas Caballero, fourth from right, of the second division Resistencia football club, takes a break with his teammates as they rest in the club’s locker room in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Caballero, 32, who hasn't been paid by his club for more than a year, now has a food stall that sells barbecue on the streets to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Goalkeeper Jorge Chena of the second division Atyra F.C., who hasn't been paid by his club for more than a year, trains in Nemby, Paraguay, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Chena has started working as a carpenter at age 32 despite his 13 year-long soccer career, to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Midfielder Sergio Rojas of Club Sportivo Ameliano of the promotional division, kicks the ball during a training session on his team's pitch, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Because the championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 lockdown, Rojas, 28, a 10-year veteran of the league, now sells eggs and washes cars to survive after not being paid a salary for a year. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Striker Nicolas Caballero of the second division Resistencia football club, lifts weights during a training session in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Caballero, 32, who hasn't been paid by his club for more than a year, now has a food stall that sells barbecue on the streets to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Striker Nicolas Caballero of the Resistencia football club, second division, roasts "asadito" or beef sticks for sale on a street corner in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Caballero, 32, who hasn't been paid by his club for more than a year, now has a food stall that sells barbecue on the streets to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Goalkeeper Jorge Chena of the second division Atyra F.C., speaks on his mobile phone inside his workshop in Nemby, Paraguay, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. Chena, 32, who has played 13 years as a professional, now works as a carpenter after spending a year without being paid by his club due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Midfielder Sergio Rojas of Club Sportivo Ameliano promotional division, sells carton of eggs from the back of his car, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Because the championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 lockdown, Rojas, 28, a 10-year veteran of the league, now sells eggs and washes cars to survive after not being paid a salary for a year. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Defender Jose "Ruli" Rios, of the Fulgencio Yegros Club, second division, trains children from his neighborhood in Ypane, Paraguay, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. A professional since age 18, the 35-year-old defender helped four clubs reach Paraguay's first division. To survive during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rios is working as a gardener as he waits for the 2021 season to begin. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Midfielder Fulvio Duarte, of the Fulgencio Yegros Club trains in the Mariano Roque Alonso district of greater Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Because the soccer championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 lockdown, Duarte, 31, has not received his salary in over a year. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Defender Jose "Ruli" Rios, of the Fulgencio Yegros Club, second division, cuts grass in his neighborhood in Ypane, Paraguay, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. A professional since age 18, the 35-year-old defender helped four clubs reach Paraguay's first division. To survive during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rios is working as a gardener as he waits for the 2021 season to begin. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)