00:032025 was an historic year for bolivia as the country's football federation celebrated its
00:10centenary as part of the milestone celebrations fifa president jani infantino attended the
00:18inauguration of the first pitch to be completed at bolivia's new national training complex
00:23the casa de la verde in the outskirts of la paz the facility the first of its kind in the
00:31country
00:31is being supported by funding from fifa forward and conmobol's evolution program
00:40well this is a truly historic moment for bolivian football as a whole after a century without being
00:47able to build and give our national teams a home of their own a place to train and prepare for
00:52international competitions we have finally made it possible thanks to the support of fifa and conmobol
01:00we have inaugurated the first pitch after 100 years of history it is a deeply emotional moment for us
01:07you could feel the affection from the leadership of world football continental football and especially
01:13from bolivian football ultimately what we have to do is really simple infrastructure and competitions
01:29we've seen the investment in infrastructure today with the extraordinary casa de la verde and it's
01:34also important to participate and play in national continental and international tournaments that's
01:46the secret to a bright future and to giving great joy and happiness to an entire nation which deserves it
01:53for sure we at fifa we always say that football unites the world it unites countries it unites all
02:05those who want to dream all those who have a passion and all those who want to experience an emotional
02:10and
02:10special moment at the event featuring a host of bolivian dignitaries and footballing icons infantino
02:24was awarded the fbf brand gold medal of merit the highest distinction awarded by bolivian football
02:32legends were present today figures who have brought so much joy to our country the heroes of 1963
02:41winners of that year's copa america and the legends of 1994 a golden generation of bolivian footballers
02:49whose talent and spirit gave us the joy of taking part in the 1994 world cup in the united states
02:56we hope
02:58this will serve as a powerful step forward so that our young talents can develop the right conditions
03:03to grow and so that as a footballing nation we can achieve our goal of reaching every world cup
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