Scaloni maintains the cabal: he will repeat the plan with which he won at height after 15 years

He Coach of the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloniwill repeat the successful logistics of 2020 to visit this Tuesday Bolivia in the height of La Pazwhere he ended a streak of 15 without winning in his previous visit to the classification Qatar World Cup.

The Argentine national team will travel to the Andean capital today afternoon and spend two nights at altitude before facing off next Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. Bolivia for the second date of the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

This same plan to combat the effects of more than 3,600 meters above sea level was the one used by the coaching staff of Scaloni in October 2020 when they won 2-1 in the Hernando Siles stadium and ended a 15-year streak without winning on that stage.

The delegation will spend the night in a La Paz hotel and on Monday they will train on the club grounds The Strongest, located in the Achumani areaSouth of the city.

The day that Scaloni broke a custom of other Argentine teams

This logistics that decided Scaloni Together with his coaching staff three years ago he broke a custom of other teams who traveled to the heights a few hours before the game. For example, the team Joseph Pekerman who won in Peace in 2005, with Scaloni As a player, he traveled to the plain of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and then moved to Peace in the hours before the start of the meeting.

This same plan was used in the next three matches of the team against the “Green” but it did not give results: 1-6 with Diego Maradona in the Qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup1-1 draw with Alejandro Sabella for Brazil 2014 and 0-2 with Edgardo Bauza for Russia 2018.

In that October 2020, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Scaloni He explained that the decision had been, in part, due to health protocol issues, but ultimately it was also a studied formula.

“Training at altitude can be positive; it is a new experience that can be interesting,” he said. Scaloni in the press conference he gave from Bolivia three years ago.

One month before the visit Argentina to Peace, Palmeiras played against Bolivar at the height of Peace by Libertadores Cup and achieved a historic victory for a Brazilian team that, like the Argentines, usually suffers its effects.

The formula, like most in sport, is not infallible, since Palmeiras faced again Bolivar in April of this year and lost 3-1 on the first date of this edition of the Copa Libertadores. On the other hand, International Porto Alegreteam led by Eduardo Coudetused the “old” plan of traveling to Santa Cruz de la Sierra and fly to Peace before the match, and won 1-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals.