THE Argentine national team start on the right in the South American qualifiers, winning 1-0 of Ecuador thanks to his foul execution Lionel Messi.
For the second matchday, “albiceleste” gives another tough match to Bolivia, while there are certain conditions that make it even more difficult. The reason is that its headquarters of national Bolivia at La Paz Located at altitude 3600 meterswhich makes the efforts of opponents, who are not used to competing in such conditions, quite difficult.
Somehow, the mission of the world champion, who arrived in the country from today for adaptation reasons, also has oxygen bottles in her luggage. These are individual bottles, which each football player has for oxygenation during the stay in the La Pazwith Alexis McAllister also publishing a related story on Instagram.
WITH MESSI, EL PLANTEL DE LA SELECCION ARGENTINA LLEGO A BOLIVIA
La Scaloneta will face the locals in La Paz for the second day of the South American Eliminators on Tuesday at 17 by TyC Sports. pic.twitter.com/m2uy3mjBhc
— TyC Sports (@TyCSports) September 11, 2023
At the same time, it became known that 15 football players from her team Argentinian they have never played on this pitch and at such an altitude and it remains to be seen whether they will be able to adapt to the demands of the match and overcome this very difficult test.
Her coach also made statements about this particular match of Argentina, Lionel Scalonisaying that like his team and all the others participating in the South American qualifiers, they will be called to compete in this stadium so there is no reason for him to say the least.
“We’re not going to complain about that under any circumstances. I don’t want to talk about it, every team will play there, nothing will change. We’re not looking for excuses, we’re going there to win, then we’ll see what happens.”he emphasized.
The above movement is a frequent phenomenon for the teams tested in La Paz opposite to Bolivia. A photo of the Brazilian national football players with oxygen bottles and special masks was published years ago, while they often express their difficulty in responding to such conditions through statements.
??????? Argentina faces Bolivia away tomorrow… but it’s no ordinary football match.
La Paz sits 3,600 meters above sea level, creating many physical issues like dizziness, headaches, breathlessness etc for away players.
MacAllister, even on the club coach with oxygen tube! pic.twitter.com/hGNw283qqP
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) September 11, 2023
Source: Sport Fm
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