Sweden was to have two days off where there was nothing else to do but to rumble around and drink Alcohol. We decided to get out to Riga arena to see what it looked like there and to try and get tickets for the quarterfinal.

 

Outside Riga arena we met the General Manager for the Swedish national hockey team – The Olympic Champions – Bengt-Åke Gustafsson. A really super nice person to talk to that we spent some minutes on (or if he spent them on us, we don’t know).

He was just as confused regarding the game schedule like everybody else. At this time, he hadn’t even been told when the Olympic Champions were to play their next game.
The organizers had really done their best so that the confusion and the lack of information were total. We hadn’t seen so much mess since the World Championships in Gothenburg in 2002.

Riga arena photographed from the south. On the picture one can also see a part of the party area.

Since we are at the arena we can just as well visit a game that no one cares about. We chose SUI-BLR for 5 Lat.
That’s ok.

It’s not exactly final motion inside the arena during the game.

A number of Latvian supporters were the only ones that was at least trying to get the motion into the arena.

Some Belorussian and Slovak supporters outside Riga arena.

We simply decided to get back into town and just beer on. We had organized a meeting with Briza & Co. that we were to join at Sveik, that the Czechs had made “their” place.

Parts of the Czech support group inside Sveik.

For the beer, the Alcohol, for The Olympic Champions. CHEEERS!!!

With a bottle of Czech Gin in the hand, one is always happy. Nilses shows.

Lövis and Jörgen is singing along in one of the many songs that were “sung” down at Sveik long into the night.

And what are you looking at?

"We are the champions my friend. And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end!!!"

NOW YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT SWEDEN TAKING THE HOCKEY GOLD!!! No team have never accomplished that, to take both the Olympic and World Championships Gold the same year. Not even the Soviet union did that, Johnny!
Says Briza…

Yet another photo opportunity. Now with two of the members from Ruskiga Röjarna, Johnny and Ode.
This took place during the time when Johnny still hadn’t lost his hockey jersey that he has had since the Championships in 1995.

Like what hockey or? Drunken people here like surround me. Or are you like a celebrity or, because I just… Naah, I don’t know. Party anyone?

It just isn’t enough to film with just one camera anymore.

It was such an incredibly good party night inside Sveik together with the Czechs that even Patrik got carried away in the mood.

The one that kisses the longest time will see their team win the final game.

Briza and Nilses are dancing the night away while the Swedish hockey song from Ostrava in 2004 “I Gult & Blått” (in Yellow & Blue) is played on the stereo.