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Par Mythsouka Jean-Philippe<\/p>\n
Situ\u00e9 \u00e0 une altitude impressionnante de 3 637 m\u00e8tres, le Stade Hernando Siles, \u00e0 La Paz en Bolivie, est l\u2019un des terrains les plus redout\u00e9s du football mondial. Seul le stade Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n de Cerro de Pasco, au P\u00e9rou, le d\u00e9passe en altitude, culminant \u00e0 4 380 m\u00e8tres. Ce facteur g\u00e9ographique a souvent \u00e9t\u00e9 un pi\u00e8ge pour de nombreuses \u00e9quipes nationales, incapables de s’adapter aux conditions extr\u00eames. Ha\u00efti en a malheureusement fait l\u2019am\u00e8re exp\u00e9rience.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Le 5 mars 2000, l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale ha\u00eftienne affrontait la Bolivie dans ce chaudron. \u00c0 la t\u00eate des Grenadiers, la l\u00e9gende Emmanuel Sanon, figure embl\u00e9matique du football ha\u00eftien, tentait de guider ses joueurs dans ce d\u00e9fi colossal. De l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9, Carlos Aragon\u00e9s dirigeait la s\u00e9lection bolivienne.<\/p>\n D\u00e8s la premi\u00e8re mi-temps, la sup\u00e9riorit\u00e9 bolivienne s’est faite sentir de mani\u00e8re \u00e9crasante. \u00c0 la pause, le score \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 sans appel : 5-0 en faveur des locaux. L’altitude et la pression atmosph\u00e9rique semblaient paralyser les jambes ha\u00eftiennes, tandis que les Boliviens, habitu\u00e9s \u00e0 ces conditions, encha\u00eenaient les offensives.<\/p>\n Au retour des vestiaires, Ha\u00efti a montr\u00e9 un l\u00e9ger sursaut d\u2019orgueil. \u00c0 la 60e minute, Carlos Marcelin inscrivait un but pour r\u00e9duire l’\u00e9cart \u00e0 5-1. Toutefois, cette \u00e9claircie fut de courte dur\u00e9e. En huit minutes, la Bolivie trouvait encore deux fois le chemin des filets, portant le score \u00e0 7-1. Frantz Gilles redonnait un peu d\u2019espoir aux siens en inscrivant un second but pour Ha\u00efti \u00e0 la 72e minute, ramenant le score \u00e0 7-2.<\/p>\n Mais la fin de match fut un v\u00e9ritable cauchemar pour les Grenadiers. Visiblement \u00e9puis\u00e9s, ils encaiss\u00e8rent deux autres buts en fin de rencontre. Le coup de sifflet final retentit sur un score s\u00e9v\u00e8re : Ha\u00efti 2 – 9 Bolivie.<\/p>\n Ce jour-l\u00e0, beaucoup d\u2019Ha\u00eftiens qui esp\u00e9raient une r\u00e9sistance h\u00e9ro\u00efque de leur s\u00e9lection ont d\u00fb se rendre \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9vidence : jouer \u00e0 plus de 3 600 m\u00e8tres d\u2019altitude repr\u00e9sente un d\u00e9fi d\u2019une ampleur \u00e9norme, que peu d\u2019\u00e9quipes non acclimat\u00e9es peuvent relever. Cette lourde d\u00e9faite reste aujourd\u2019hui encore comme un triste rappel des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s implacables du football sud-am\u00e9ricain en altitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Par Mythsouka Jean-Philippe Situ\u00e9 \u00e0 une altitude impressionnante de 3 637 m\u00e8tres, le Stade Hernando Siles, \u00e0 La Paz en Bolivie, est l\u2019un des terrains les plus redout\u00e9s du football mondial. Seul le stade Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n de Cerro de Pasco, au P\u00e9rou, le d\u00e9passe en altitude, culminant \u00e0 4 380 m\u00e8tres. 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