And yet, while Bodo / Glift is the story of the shining promise of youth, it is also the story of redemption. A few years ago, Patrick Berg became frustrated with the lack of playing time and decided to leave the team associated with his family. “I wasn’t in the right head space,” he said. “I was frustrated and angry, and I was blaming everyone except me.”
Sultans, his captain, says he stopped long after finding soccer fun. Before the games, he fought nausea and abdominal cramps. It was, in obscurity, eaten up by “doubts and fears”.
That was just three years ago. A few weeks ago, he led the team to San Siro for the Europa League game against AC Milan. “If you look at the team that day,” Saltenes said, “almost every player would have a weird story of how they ended up on this pitch. They were all down or injured or wanted to go. You never guessed their stories.” Would have. “
All of these, of course, are familiar tropes to study in any case of success against obstacles. What makes Bodo / Glimt particularly attractive is that they are all present, all at once. It can, in part, explain the club’s appeal.
“We’re an underdog,” said Chief Executive Thomas. “And who doesn’t like Under Dog?”
Nothing for the sole ambition
In the spring of 2019, Bodo / Glimt players went to Spain for their bias training camp. Traditionally, while they were there, they would discuss their goals for the coming year.
This time, however, they came back with a different mission. “We removed all that stuff,” Sulten said. “We had no ambitions. We just wanted to focus on performance. “
The Sultans, like his teammates, do not believe that the only explanation for what has happened to Bodo / Glimt in the last three years is a silver bullet that has turned him into one of the many who are regarded as many club teams in Norway. Seen in at least two decades.
