An Argentine soccer team was given Viagra before a match, as a purported remedy to counter altitude sickness while playing at a unusually high stadium, but still failed to score in a Copa Libertadores de America match in Bolivia.
Club Atletico River Plate may have lost the match, 2-0, but, at least, the players could hold their heads high knowing they gave their opponents some stiff competition.
After staffers from the visiting team from Buenos Aires learned that they would be facing San Jose de Oruro at an altitude of 12,400 feet, managers announced that players would have to start taking a cocktail of asprin, caffeine and 50 milligrams of Sildenafil, better known as Viagra, the drug that stimulates sexual performance in men.
However, the robust concoction wasn't enough to raise River Plate to victory and their impotent offense managed only one shot on target over the 90-minute match.
The team team doctor confirmed that the cocktail was to counter the effects of the high altitude saying: "Viagra will stimulate the circulation of oxygen in the blood and help footballers breathe better."
And that team bus ride home must have been awkward in more ways than one.
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