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In a very close game between Japanese side ASLJ FC and French side FO Valesia 1 at Backavallen, the highlight of the game was the performance of Tsubaki, a girl playing with the boys in ASLJ FC. She put in a impressive performance against very good side who won their first game 11-1.
In this year’s tournament we find some new rules for the Boys 13 and Girls 13 classes. Instead of going directly from seven to eleven players on the pitch, the classes will now compete with nine-a-side teams. A system created for developing players.
The day has been filled with games from early morning and after tonight’s grand opening ceremony at a buzzing Ullevi stadium this year’s Gothia Cup is officially open.
The American ladies won the World Cup this summer. With happy memories of that victory in France the 17 year old American girls in NorCal Premier PDP now enter the invitational tournament Gothia Puma Trophy hoping to reach the gold medal as well.
Monday morning the first matches of this year’s edition of Gothia Special Olympics Trophy took place. A few hours later the tournament had its opening ceremony where the founder Kim Källström talked to the players and audience.
Teams travel from all over the world to play in Gothia Cup, and doing so they cover a lot of distance. None more so than our two teams from New Zealand. When Wellington United Diamonds took to the field for their first game today, they had a 30 hour journey behind them, covering approximately 18000 kilometres.
It only took him one minute and 30 seconds to find the back of the net. Erik Bengtsson from Nättraby GoIF scored the first goal of Gothia Cup 2019. “It feels great, and hopefully I can score again in the upcoming games”, he says.
The world in one schoolyard? That was almost the feeling when this year’s SKF Meet The World teams gathered outside the school ISGR. Where teams from all over the world united with song and dance, taking pictures with each other and introducing themselves to their new neighbors for the coming week.
This year Gothia Cup are going to broadcast over 1300 games. Together with the Norwegian company Joymo, we have taken help of new AI technology. – This year are we taking the next step of live streaming, says Niclas Freiholtz, competition general of Gothia Cup.
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