World Cup Soccer 2010, the home advantage of Ecuador  

It is for many countries an impregnable fortress: Estadio Olimpico Atanhualpa in the capital of Ecuador. Not the huge crowd, not the witch kettle of Turkish stadiums, but the height is the biggest opponent of the visitors. The stadium is located at 2850 meters altitude. And that is harmful to the oxygen supply.

Home Advantage
Home advantage is a concept in sport. Play your home, then you often perform better than the visitors. In football this is the "twelfth man" said. In some stadiums, it is a "witch boiler" by the impressive audience (eg in Turkey), but sometimes it is the huge crowd (more than 80,000 spectators) or the construction of the stadium (steep or near the field) that opponents impressive. Ecuador has a very special twelfth man. Sky. The rarefied air in the Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa makes it an often impregnable fortress to top.

The effects of altitude and thin air
Height is by definition a natural enemy of man. The higher the man is, the more load, the body of the height. Above 2,000 meters (above sea level) will be noticeable. The oxygen supply of the body becomes disrupted. Also called "secondary processes" become unbalanced. This results in a lower coordination, headache and decreasing concentration. All factors that topvoetballer need to flourish. Ecuador plays good advantage at home duels always to work in this stadium. Conversely, the Ecuadorian has not bothered if they play at a lower level. They will even do better than in Quito, but the huge home advantage is gone. And that is between the ears ...

Extinction also Ecuadorian
The decline, manifested in headaches, nausea by lack of oxygen, occurs when opponents of Ecuador quickly. By the time the opponent is exhausted, are still fresh and the Ecuadorian fit on the field. This fresh and fit is compared with the opponent. The Ecuadorian themselves suffering under the extreme altitude and thin air, but their decline is smaller. To "accustomed" to become accustomed to the rarefied air, an adversary weeks at an altitude above 2,500 meters to stay and train. But what this team has left for a qualifier?

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