Trophy Tour touches down in Burundi+

Trophy Tour touches down in Burundi
(FIFA.com) Monday 9 November 2009

On Monday 9 November the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy was on show at the Stade Prince Louis-Rwagasore in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi.

Accompanied by the entire Burundese government, from members of the national assembly to the senate, Burundi's head of state Pierre Nkurunziza unveiled world football's biggest prize in front of 20,000 spellbound fans of the beautiful game.

"I'm emotional and very touched," said Nkurunziza, who feels that the Trophy Tour can help boost football development in his country.

"Now that peace has returned, we must help our young people to blossom," he added before thanking FIFA and Coca-Cola for including Burundi in the tour, whose next and 33rd stop is Kigali in Rwanda.