00:042025 was an historic year for bolivia as the country's football federation celebrated its
00:10centenary as part of the milestone celebrations fifa president jenny infantino attended the
00:18inauguration of the first pitch to be completed at bolivia's new national training complex
00:24the casa de la verde in the outskirts of la paz the facility the first of its kind in the
00:31country
00:32is being supported by funding from fifa forward and conmobol's evolution program
00:41well 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
00:53international competitions we have finally made it possible thanks to the support of fifa and conmobol
01:01we have inaugurated the first pitch after 100 years of history it is a deeply emotional moment for us
01:08you could feel the affection from the leadership of world football continental football and especially
01:14from 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
01:35also important to participate and play in national continental and international tournaments
01:46that's the secret to a bright future and to giving great joy and happiness to an entire nation
01:52which deserves it for sure
01:59we at fifa we always say that football unites the world it unites countries it unites all those who
02:06want to dream all those who have a passion and all those who want to experience an emotional and
02:11special moment at the event featuring a host of bolivian dignitaries and footballing icons
02:24infantino was 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
02:40the heroes of 1963 winners of that year's copa america and the legends of 1994 a golden generation
02:48of bolivian footballers whose talent and spirit gave us the joy of taking part in the 1994 world cup
02:55in the united states we hope this will serve as a powerful step forward so that our young talents can
03:02develop the right conditions to grow and so that as a footballing nation we can achieve our goal of
03:08reaching every world cup
03:09in the united states we can achieve our goal of reaching every world cup
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