@ostpf Danke sehr [[yo]]
Interessant, auch wenn das Spiel bereits gelaufen ist- ein Schlagabtausch zwischen Flamengo Rio und Real Potosi:
Zuerst Rio:
" RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's Flamengo said on Thursday they would refuse to play again at high altitude, describing conditions in Wednesday's game away to Bolivia's Real Potosi as unsporting and inhumane.
The club added that allowing teams to play at high altitude was a form of doping.
Flamengo drew 2-2 in the Libertadores Cup Group Five match at nearly 4,000 metres above sea level in the mining town of Potosi, during which their players repeatedly went to the touchline to be given oxygen.
"Last night, Flamengo pulled off an heroic draw against Real Potosi in unsporting and inhumane conditions," said the club in a statement signed by president Marcio Braga, adding that the team's performance was epic.
"We want to make it public that we will officially inform the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation), the South American Football Confederation and FIFA that we will not take part in matches at an altitude above the limits recommended by sports medicine.
"A football pitch at an altitude not recommended by health specialists does not offer equal conditions to both teams and this damages the sporting principle of fair play.
"It degrades the human condition and puts the life of the athletes at risk. Failure to ban games in these conditions is the same as condoning doping."
Flamengo did not mention any maximum altitude which they believed to be fair.
Potosi's Mario Mercado stadium is one of the world's highest professional soccer venues. They host Parana of Brazil and UA Maracaibo at the same venue later in the group.
The city's lack of a commercial airport adds to the difficulties with visiting teams having to fly to Sucre and then face a 170-km trip over mountain roads.
Bolivia regularly host their World Cup qualifiers in La Paz at 3,600 metres and La Paz-based clubs Bolivar and The Strongest take part regularly in the Libertadores.
Among the 32 teams in the Libertadores Cup group stage, Peru's Cienciano also play their home matches above 3,000 metres. "
Der Konter von Potosi: :mrgreen:
Potosi hit back at Flamengo altitude complaints
LA PAZ, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Bolivian provincial club Real Potosi have hit back at Flamengo's complaints over their high altitude stadium, saying they do not like playing in the heat.
After drawing 2-2 away to Potosi in the Libertadores Cup on Wednesday, the Brazilian club described conditions as inhumane and unsporting and said they would not play any more matches at high altitude.
Potosi's Mario Mercado stadium is one of the world's highest first division venues at nearly 4,000 metres above sea level.
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"If it's a case of asking where we want to play, there's no problem because we will ask not to play in the heat," Potosi director Angelo Porcel told the daily newspaper La Razon.
"It's inhospitable because of the mosquitoes and the humidity and it affects us.
"When you face a change of climate, of course it affects you. But you can't say whether it's more complicated to go up or down.
"Personally, I'm happy in Potosi because I don't like the heat, that's why I don't live in Santa Cruz (in the Bolivian lowlands) but we play there in any case...because football is universal and not discriminatory."
Potosi, drawn in Group Five, still have to play away to Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro where conditions are generally hot and sticky.
Flamengo, whose players were periodically given oxygen on the touchline, arrived back in Rio on Thursday night and reiterated their complaints about the conditions, made worse by driving rain and near-freezing temperatures.
On Saturday, Flamengo face Madureira in the Carioca (Rio de Janeiro) state championship. Kickoff is at 1600 local time with the temperature expected to be around 32 Celsius. (Writing by Brian Homewood in Rio de Janeiro)
