Giro either provide a clear product description or instructions.  The product description says there are "hidden lace pockets," meaning more than one, and based on the product pictures the laces are tucked into the shoe, therefore I thought there would be pockets in there but there are none.  There is an area under the top eyelets inside the shoe that seemed like pockets and they opened up when I pulled on it, realizing that they were not pockets but double sided tape holding the padding to the shoe.  So the "hidden lace pockets" are not pockets and are not hidden, it's simply the elastic strap down the outside of the tongue.