PREVIEW-Soccer-Maradona likely to be less ambitious at altitude

LA PAZ, March 31 (Reuters) - Argentina coach Diego Maradona is expected to be less adventurous when his team visit Bolivia for a World Cup qualifier at high altitude on Wednesday.

Maradona fielded a three-pronged attack of Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez on Saturday and was rewarded with a 4-0 demolition of Venezuela in his first home and competitive match in charge.

But he is unlikely to repeat his ambitious 3-4-3 formation at 3,600 metres above sea level where his players are going to have to pace themselves.

"We can't play the same game as we did against Venezuela, we have to maintain a balance," midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron said in a television interview on Monday.

Argentina are second in the 10-team qualifying group with 19 points from 11 games while Bolivia are ninth with nine and virtually eliminated.

Before being appointed coach last October, Maradona had actively supported Bolivia's campaign against a ban on hosting matches in La Paz.

At one point, he played in a charity match in La Paz in which Bolivian President Evo Morales also took part.

"You have to play where you are born, not even God can prohibit this and certainly not (FIFA president Sepp) Blatter," said Maradona at the time. FIFA later overturned the ban.