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Almost a year after the desired, the goals have already been surpassed and the festive speeches were made under the white light dome in the Pilaitė gym on Tuesday.
“This is a great celebration for the Pilaitė community,” said gym director Zotikas Popovas. – After all, around 3 thousand people live in Pilaitė. children.
Many of them apply to the gym every year, but basketball and volleyball are also played there. Now they will be able to train four teams, or maybe even eight in the entire quarter. “
Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min photo / Opening of the Vilnius Pilaitė Gymnasium futsal gym
The Vilnius municipality contributed more than half the amount to the new plaza, which cost a total of 2.1 million. euros
600 thousand The euro was allocated by the Lithuanian government.
“This is one of the first such fields in Vilnius that can set a good tone for other sports infrastructure,” said Vilna Deputy Mayor Valdas Benkunskas.
The field is covered with soft artificial grass, similar to the one played by the Lithuanian national soccer team at the LFF stadium, at least that was the impression of former national team captain Tomas Danilevičius, who was re-elected president of the Federation of Lithuanian soccer during the weekend.
Of the UEFA funds for football infrastructure, the federation provided 100,000. lawns made in the Netherlands, laid in Pilaitė.
“This is one of the examples of what a network of such squares could be like: the synergy of the government, the municipality and the federation,” said Danilevičius.
Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min photo / Opening of the Vilnius Pilaitė Gymnasium futsal gym
Benjaminas Zelkevičius, the former coach of the Lithuanian national team and Vilnius Žalgiris, who was named Honorary President of the LFF over the weekend, also tried out the spot, but some famous personalities were missing.
Donatas Tvarijonas, the director of the Ataka children’s soccer school, which is active in Pilaitė, was surprised that Marijonas Mikutavičius, Algirdas Kaušpėdas and Gediminas Tvarijonas, who visited the project, were not invited to the opening ceremony.
“If they were not, there would be no money or a stadium,” Tvarijonas is convinced.
In fact, during the soccer festival, none of the aforementioned troika opened the doors of the Vilnius municipality and the Government a couple of years ago to launch an attack on their soccer infrastructure.
M.Mikutavičius (left), G.Tvarijonas (second from right) and A.Kaušpėdas (right) opened the municipal gate.
During the opening event, the leader of the “Antis” group, the architect A. Kaušpėdas worked on the accounts of the office.
“I do not live long, perhaps there will be another opportunity to visit there. The formal opening is not very interesting for me, – said A. Kaušpėdas. – The most important thing for me is that everything moves, so at least one dome should appear every year.
Because soccer in Lithuania is hopelessly backward, although everyone loves a great game that requires not only physical preparation, but also strategic thinking.
Lithuania does not yet have a normal football infrastructure and lacks attention.
There are great examples such as Iceland, which at the time took the opportunity and rose, now its footballers are valued in Europe, including the English Football League.
It offends the dignity of Lithuanian sports when we are so low in the ranking, in the middle of the 2nd century (currently in 131st place), despite the fact that our basketball player is in the top ten (currently in eighth place). We are to blame, but we are not disabled, we can be taller in football. “
Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min photo / Opening of the Vilnius Pilaitė Gymnasium futsal gym
The new full-size soccer field in Pilaitė will be dominated by children and schoolchildren.
On weekdays, youth from Pilaitė Gymnasium and Martynas Mažvydas Progymnasium will play sports every day until 2.30 pm.
From 2.30 p.m. at 7 p.m. Kids from soccer schools, most likely Atakos and Ateities, will kick the balls.
“I think the criteria for rental competitions are correct, similar to Scandinavians, rather than those that train most children and ensure social integration,” said D.Tvarijonas, who runs the Ataka soccer school. , part of the students represents half the amount or only after Vulnerable children from large or low-income families who pay € 1.
Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min photo / Opening of the Vilnius Pilaitė Gymnasium futsal gym
At night, the field can be rented by enthusiasts or professionals of adult soccer.
On weekends, the host will be LFF, who received 200 hours a week of royalties on the donated artificial grass. According to LFF CEO Edgaras Stankevičius, school competitions are planned to be held in Pilaitė on weekends until noon.
The opening of this plaza was supposed to take place last fall, but when the project decided to install changing rooms, showers and toilets, it took time to add construction.
Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min photo / Opening of the Vilnius Pilaitė Gymnasium futsal gym
This summer, despite the fairly hot weather on hot days, the course will remain covered under the dome, but in the future it is possible to remove the dome; it is true that such work would cost around tens of thousands of euros.
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