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Bodobo, a small Norwegian town, which is just inside the Arctic Circle, can be short in the winter and cold in winter. This is not a type that is expected to find an elite soccer team, especially if a shovel is sometimes needed to clean up a fresh snowfall layer from the local pitch.
To withstand the wind and freezing temperature that hits the town for months a year, some kind of indomitable spirit and tenacity are required, but BODø/glimt is not a normal team, but its proud supporters. Is not a normal fan base.
Bodø/Glimt, who has just won the Norwegian title in five years, is used to rub his European soccer elite and shoulder. The club is currently ranked 10th in the European league table, trying to solidify the top 8 spots and places on Thursday with the France side.
If BODø/GLIMT progresses in the second layer competition in Europe, home games within the Arctic will continue to raise unique and unforgiving issues for visiting the team.
“For us, we are trained a lot, so we are used to those who came from a warm place in January,” said Midfielder Hocon Evgen. I told CNN sports before.
“(Team) comes to -10 degrees (Mr. Sekai, 14 degrees Falen Hight) and hard grass, which is a different experience than us. I think we need to be more indicated to everything in a different way.
Currently, Evjen, the second stint in the club, is an important person in style based on the ownership of Bodø/Glimt’s beautiful games. Among his individual highlights this season, there was a wonderful edge -by -the -buts area strike to play Manchester United in November in November.
Even more noticeable than that goal was the fact that BODø/Glimt was supported by more than 6,500 fans in the game, about 12 % of BODø’s 55,000 residents. This was it if there was a sign of how one town became dedicated to a soccer club.
“We have a lot of support, and most of the towns are soccer towns,” Evjen says. “It’s beautiful to see how soccer can change the city and how people are looking at it. Playing here is much larger than a few years ago.”
bodø/glimt -“glimt” means “flash”, and the team plays all yellow. Success is only a recent phenomenon in the 108 -year history of the club.
Under the manager Kjetil Knutsen, the team has gained rewards for disciplined training sessions, new, overwhelming play styles, and clever recruitment strategies.
When BODø/GLIMT won the first league title in 2020, it did it in a historic way, finished 19 points ahead of the runner -up Moldy FK, and finished the campaign with a record of 103 goals in 30 games. I did.
“It’s a club where teams, coaching staff and clubs have changed better,” said Evgen, who played in the Netherlands and Denmark between the two stints with Bod/Grimt. “It’s really professional and I’m eager to become the best team in Norway.”
In the European League this season, the club has already broken Porto, Braga, Besiktash, and McCabitel Abib, drawing a picture with Union Sanggirowers and pushing out United. Beyond the remaining and remaining games of the European League campaign, Bod/Grimt’s next goal is to participate in the Champions League for the first time in its history.
“Before we go to Europe, you, you are OK, the steps are very large, and everything is very good,” Evgen said. “And you feel that you can play there and compete with many good teams that you will never approach.
“I think it’s the best and most fun thing we have come to do. If we play the best, we can challenge many different teams.”
But Bodø/Glimt is chasing these lofty goals, which is strangely as a European game, like all the Norwegian teams. The cold and dark winter of the country -Bodo has a 50 -minute sunlight in the shortest day -that means that domestic competitions are usually held between March and November during the summer.
Playing in Europe basically expands BODø/Glimt calendar and creates a long season for players, coaching staff, and fans who are used to giving courage to elements with 8,720 seats.
“We are sitting (who is) sitting and can’t move during the game,” said Evjen.
However, resilience is part of Bodo’s DNA, and those people are ready to be extraordinarily long for soccer games. Or, as Evjen explains: “If you are fully committed, you can do anything as long as you have a shovel with you.”
