When the world’s largest football tournament opens its doors, there is of course allot of things to sort out. There is Gothia-cards to collect and distribute, age-controls to do and some general confusion to sort out. All this is taking place at the Exercise-house at Heden, a house filled to the rim with life, motion and high expectations.
A couple of you boys from the team IK Kongahälla is standing in a group outside one of the age-control stations. They are waiting for some of their friends to be cleared. Even though 34 000 players are to be registered there is still an even flow of people and relatively shorts lines.
- It was almost no line at all, says one of the boys.
It is the second time around for these young lads, but the first time as an eleven-side. And this year they hope for better results than last time. That year they were eliminated in the 1/32 final, but this year they have a new coach and claim to have improved allot. But there is more than just football that attracts these young boys this week.
- The disco! They shuot with one voice. That is quite obvious, one of them ads.
- And we have to go to the foam party to, another one fills in.
With some cloudy rainy day behind us the sun has finally found its way to Gothenburg, right in time for the Gothia Cup and outside of the information centre people are patiently waiting for their turn by the registration desk. A smooth flow of people and relatively short waiting might give a few extra minutes to check out the Heden centre just a hundred meters away.
