Wittenförden experiences football World Cup flair with a new sports field!

Wittenförden experiences football World Cup flair with a new sports field!

in Wittenförden, a small town in Germany, is rewritten. The local sports field recently has a comprehensive renovation that ensures not only the playing area, but also the future of the football foxes. According to Nordkurier there is the new lawn of the same grass mix as at the legendary World Cup 2006, which in a football rush moved.

The old playing area was anything but ideal - a smoothed field with a gradient of about 80 centimeters. The square was completely removed and straightened before the special lawn seed was applied. These measures should significantly improve the training conditions and enable the orientation of tournaments, which is a prerequisite for the football association.

financing and support for the association

The renovation cost around 65,000 euros, with 50,000 euros from the Citizens' Fund of the Ministry of Agriculture. The association itself also gained 15,000 euros. Mayor Matthias Eberhardt supports the project and sees the investment as well invested. The municipality also provides the association's necessary devices, including a watercar, to optimally use the new conditions.

The first home tournaments of the football foxes are planned for September if the conditions allow it. Over 60 children between the ages of four and ten are active in the youth area, which shows how important a good play area is for the future development of young talents.

World Cup 2006 and their consequences

The 2006 World Cup in Germany is a formative event in the history of football. She started on June 9, 2006 with an opening ceremony in the Allianz Arena in Munich, openly by Federal President Horst Köhler. Germany started the tournament strongly and won the opening game against Costa Rica 4-2, although Michael Ballack could not play due to an injury. The enthusiasm for the national team and the entire event increased, especially after the victory against Poland in the second game. In the end, Germany achieved third place, while Italy triumphed against France as a world champion, such as EUROSPORT reported.

But the World Cup was not just a sports festival; It also had far-reaching socio-economic effects. An analysis carried out by Bernd Rahmann and colleague examines the advantages and disadvantages of the direction of this major event and shows the complexity associated with the financing of such projects BISP . These studies are particularly important to better understand the political and economic dimensions of football.

With the renovation of the sports field in Wittenförden, not only is past successes, but also laid the foundation for the future. The young generation now has the opportunity to train in an environment that meets the historical achievements of football. A good hand for the future, you could say!