Barcelona Guayaquil "mute" to Quito

In order to be on par with most teams in the tournament Ecuador, Barcelona of Guayaquil will be installed in the city of Quito, looking for players to get used to the altitude effects.

The decision was made by the Technical Director, Argentine Juan Manuel Llop, based on an analysis of 60 days. The coaching staff and players moving to Quito, located at 2850 meters above sea level, where local 9 make the first division teams in Ecuador. According to plans, will be mobilized to Guayaquil on game days, and next day return to Quito.

The original idea was to do only the preseason in height, but it mutated into the unusual decision to mobilize the entire team for, in principle, 6 months, which could engulf the entire season if the result is favorable.

The adaptation to altitude, experts say, requires 21 days, in which the body increases the number of red blood cells and, therefore, an increase of oxygen pressure in blood, allowing better physical performance. Coming down the plains, this increase is rapidly lost. Then, while staying in height over an extended period of time, the body increases the pulmonary ventilation and blood hemoglobin, which allows players to face Barcelona in the height commitments without this impacting on their physical. I recommend those who want to internalize the issue, a report on the so-called "Altitude Sickness"

Without doubt, an original measure of a club that seeks to return to the limelight sports. Safe to resume the subject in a couple of months to analyze the results of experience.