Guthenberg. There will be a folk festival at Gamla Ullevi and Peter Gerhardsson will love to sit in the crowd.
And who knows, maybe the captain of the national team will end up in the stands.
“I might get fired for the first time in my career…,” he says and laughs.
Former Herralsvenska coach (BK Hacken) Peter Gerhardson He made a great discovery when he took over as captain of the women’s national team.
Football crowd is another thing.
When I started 2017 by walking around the stadiums, I felt like this is what it should be like when you go into football. I was in Vicho, among other places, and there were a lot of people and people feeling good. Football was what it was, says Peter Gerhardsson, and refers to the events he carries as bleak memories.
– I was in the men’s line before and went and explored opponents. Among other things, I was in Helsingborg when they met Djurgorden and there was a death (before the match, editor’s note), it takes a lot of strength from one of them. I was at the Stockholm stadium when pears came from the stands, and that sort of thing takes away the joy, he says and continues:
– My eldest son was with me when he was little and screaming in the stands, there’s nothing I like. You should not be afraid. There are many other things in society that create fear, and then football can become a place to go and feel good.
At Gamla Ullevi on Tuesday evening, when his national team meets France, there is everything Peter Gerhardsson loves.
15,500 spectators – and they can have good company.
– I absolutely love our audience. There are a lot of kids, a lot of joy in the stands, so I might sneak in there for a while, he says and notes:
– I might get fired for the first time in my career… If I end up there, you know why.