The unprecedented recommendation to Messi and Argentina for the match against Bolivia

Lionel Messi and the Argentine National Team face a complex match on the second date of the qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup. Lionel Scaloni's National Team faces Bolivia in a scenario that has been complicated for them on previous occasions. Messi and company have won very few times in La Paz. In fact, the now Inter Miami player has never scored a goal in that scenario. For this match, the player's presence is unknown; according to TyC Sports, he will not be a starter for the duel.

Leo Messi and the Argentina National Team will have one of the most complicated visits tonight in the Conmebol qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup. It is the match in La Paz against Bolivia. The game, which is the second in the South American qualifier, will be at the Hernando Siles Stadium, which is located in the Bolivian capital at more than 3,600 meters above sea level, which has always been a problem for those who play it. they visit.

In such situations, it emerged that the Argentine Football Association would have recommended to the team led by Lionel Scaloni that they use Viagra to help blood circulation and thus not suffer as much from the damage caused by the nearly 4,000 meters of altitude. It would not be the first time that the AFA has made this recommendation, since it was reported that it did so prior to the qualifying match against Russia in 2017. For this type of match, it is normal to see players with masks and oxygen tanks.

How did Argentina fare against Bolivia?

The Argentine team has suffered in these visits to La Paz, where it has scored few points. You just have to remember that in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the team led by Diego Armando Maradona lost 6-1. In the qualifier for Qatar 2022, Argentina achieved a historic victory at the Hernando Siles: 1-2 was the final score of a game that they started losing, but in which they took the victory, 15 years after their last victory on that stage.