BRASILIA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Bolivia have asked for the help of five-times world champions Brazil in a bid to reverse FIFA's decision to limit high-altitude matches in the Andean nation, a government spokesman said on Friday.
Last month world soccer's governing body introduced a ban on international fixtures over 2,750 metres above sea level without acclimatisation. Bolivia's capital La Paz is 3,600 metres above sea level.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has told Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales he will contact FIFA and Brazilian football authorities in an attempt to get the ruling reversed.
"The President thinks the health issue of players is a legitimate concern but also thinks it is important to consider soccer as a force for integration and international fraternisation," Lula's spokesman Marcelo Baumbach told reporters in Brasilia.
"That is why the President supports (this) demand which is important for neighbours and friends."
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"The President thinks the health issue of players is a legitimate concern but also thinks it is important to consider soccer as a force for integration and international fraternisation," Lula's spokesman Marcelo Baumbach told reporters in Brasilia.
good political move
Good move, from Bolivia
it really affects the players and performance,but whatever it is don't care ,we have won there in the past.
QUOTE(brasil5x @ Jan 20 2008, 02:02 PM) 
it really affects the players and performance,but whatever it is don't care ,we have won there in the past.
it's just one game every so long, come on give it up ! is not Brasil and Argies are going to struggle anyway.
yeah you're right,we can play well if we get there 4/5 day before the game,that should be a law.
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