1. Motivated by his passion for the local football , Arid Garcia decided to support the professional football in the state of Lara .
2. Motivated by his passion for local football , Arid Garcia decided to support professional football in the State of Lara .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Available choices: a). no; b). yes;...I think the answer is
b).