Argentinian soccer team given Viagra before match: Report

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.

Argentinian woman beaten in front of daughter for wearing rival team's jersey (PHOTOS)

Doctors in Argentina say a woman may be scarred for life after being beaten by a group of thugs in front of her young daughter just for wearing a rival team's jersey.

Authorities said Lorena Sabio, from Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, took her daughter Altea to watch the game between fierce rivals Boca Juniors and her local side River Plate before someone spotted her shirt and the Boca fans launched the unprovoked attack, reported MailOnline.

A week later, the young woman says her eight-year-old daughter still has nightmares about the brutal incident which leaves her mom struggling to eat.

Sabio posted these graphic images on social media to show the life-changing injuries inflicted on her.

(WARNING: Photos may be disturbing to some)

"He [her attacker] came up to me and I couldn't believe it when he just punched me in the head, she said.

"I was lying on the ground barely conscious, and he told me to stay there and warned me that if I went to the police, I would pay the price."

Despite telling the police the identity of the man who attacked her, no arrests have been made, prompting Sabio to post pictures of her horrifying injuries for the public to see.

It's hard to think of a more senseless instance of fan violence in any sport.