The 3,640 meters of altitude on the level of the sea of Peace they feel. They are not a story. There is, initially, a drowning due to the lower amount of oxygen and, obviously, less ‘air’, as more complications to perform a physical activity.
The player feels tired, with tachycardia, and at the cerebral level loses concentration due to lack of oxygen. He loses speed of reaction and decision
Once the doctor Alexander Nen, Which was part of the medical body of the Colombia selection, He told us in EL TEMPS: “In La Pau, as there is physical effort, the oxygen deficit increases. Not enough oxygen reaches the muscles and the reaction is not so fast. It lowers the power and the cardiopulmonary part “The player feels tired, has tachycardia, and at a cerebral level loses concentration due to lack of oxygen. He loses speed of reaction and decision.”
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To say that you have to play in La Paz causes panic in Brazil or Paraguay, which – look! – there they have not won (see table). But this is not the case for the Colombia National Team, which of 6 matches played since the World Cup qualifier has played all against all has only lost one of the 6 matches played at the summit of Hernando Siles, the high stadium of La Pau.
Carlos Bacca and James Rodríguez celebrate one of the goals against Bolivia in La Paz.
In addition, he has just won the last two games there, three vital points that gained all their value in the standings at the World Cup in Brazil and Russia.
Now, the Colombia National Team led by Reinaldo Rueda will visit Bolivia next Thursday in the opening of a decisive week of triple elimination day of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, and win, albeit with oxygen tanks in the dressing room , or with Viagra scraped into the juice of breakfast, is not messy or impossible.
Obvious: it’s not about blowing ‘helium-inflated balls’ (one of the legends of playing in La Paz) and making victories. But it is clear that Colombia has already entered the cage of this lion and combed it, as they did in this same round Argentina (who won 1-2) and Ecuador (who won 2-3 ).
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The recent victories 1-2 (Leonel Álvarez of DT, Falcao’s final goal on the hour) and 2-3 (José Pekerman of DT, Cardona’s key goal finishing the game) are an indicator. No matter how high it is, it is easier to beat a visitor to Bolivia than to Paraguay or Uruguay or Brazil or Argentina … De Perogrullo.
The deserved 1-1 and 0-0 draws with DT ‘Chiqui’ García and Jorge Luis Pinto did not help Colombia go to Korea / Japan-02 and South Africa-10.
The only defeat was for Germany-06, with DT’s ‘Pacho’ Maturana: Bolivia thrashed 4-0, the second worst catastrophe of the contemporary era of the Selection, after the recent 6-1 in Ecuador. This time, in addition to planning a match with an open team to play more on offense, he also burst into the dressing room, as with Queiroz: Víctor Aristizábal announced his resignation from the team.
Now, Reinaldo Rueda, who already tied there leading to Ecuador (1-1, in 2013), has the upper hand: in these stormy summits and with less oxygen of La Paz, Colombia has taken fresh air with vital victories. Many win there, like Colombia itself, which has already done so. It needs to be done again.
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