Yan wasan Norway sun kwanta ƙasa cikin layuka biyu, suka fara jan tuƙi a iska tare a ƙarƙashin bugun ganguna daga mazauna wasan. Viking Row — cike da dabi'a ta Norway, mai saukin kamuwa — ta zama ɗaya daga cikin hotunan da suka fi shahara a FIFA World Cup 2026.
Norway ta zo a shirye don ƙalubalantarwa
Gasar ta nuna Norway ta shiga Kofin Duniya na Maza na farko cikin shekaru 28, kuma ƙungiyar ta nuna cewa jiran ya cancanta. Sun shiga gasar bayan sun ci duk wasannin neman cancantar shiga, suna zura kwallaye 37 a wasanni takwas — takwas fiye da kowace ƙungiyar Turai. Erling Haaland ya jagoranci harin da kwallaye 16 a wasannin cancantar, yayin da Martin Ødegaard ya kasance a gaba da taimako bakwai.
Alexander Sørloth da Antonio Nusa sun ƙara barazanar harin. Da Haaland yana jawo hankalin masu tsaron tsakiya na abokan gaba, Nusa zai iya kai farmaki daga gefuna yayin da Ødegaard yana da damar nemo masu gudun zurfin. Ba a iya taƙaita Norway zuwa barazana ɗaya.
Nasara ta farko mai ƙarfi 4-1 akan Iraki ta kawar da duk wani fargaba na farkon wasa. Sannan Norway ta wuce Senegal 3-2, tare da 'yan wasan da masu goyon bayan suna yin Viking Row tare a filin wasa mai jike da ruwan sama. Faransa ta dawo da su ƙasa da nasara 4-1 a matakin rukunin, amma wannan shan kashi ya ƙara mayar da hankali a lokacin wasannin kawar.
Kwallaye biyu na Haaland sun ba Brazil mamaki
Norway ta wuce Côte d'Ivoire 2-1 a zagaye na 16 kafin ta fuskanci Brazil a New Jersey. Shi Ørjan Nyland ne ya tsara rabin farko — ya tsare fanareti na Bruno Guimarães a minti na 14, sa'an nan ya hana Gabriel Martinelli da Vinícius Júnior kafin hutu.
Haaland ya kasance a bakin ido. Hakan ya canza a minti 79' sa'ad da ya yi tsalle sama da Gabriel ya kai kai ya zura kwallo ta farko. Bayan mintoci goma sha ɗaya, ya yi buga ƙaramin ƙwallon da ƙafar hagu wanda ya wuce Alisson ya kammala 2-0. Neymar ya canza fanareti a ƙarshen lokaci kari, amma Norway ta rike nasara 2-1 — ta kai zagaye na ƙusa-ƙusa na farko a tarihinsu. Jimillar kwallaye bakwai na Haaland a gasar ta sa shi daidai da Lionel Messi da Kylian Mbappé bayan wannan sakamako.
A bayan sun ci, masu goyon bayan da suka tafiya suka tashi tsaye tare don wata Viking Row. Jikunan sun karkata baya, hannaye sun mika gaba, kuma layuka biyu suka sami rawa ɗaya cikin daƙiƙoƙi kaɗan.
Viking Row ta ci zuciyar masu goyon baya a ko'ina
Bikin ya bazu fiye da filayen wasa. Ya bayyana a yankunan masoya, a tituna, kuma a ƙarshe a Times Square — inda masu goyon bayan Norway da Faransa suka musanya al'adunsu na bayan wasa. Ba a buƙatar wani horon shirya. Duk wanda ke kusa zai iya shiga cikin daƙiƙoƙi kaɗan.
Wani ɓangare na abin da ya sa hoton ya jawo hankalin shi ne Haaland kansa: yana murmushi, yana bin rawa ta ganguna, yana jan tuƙi tare da abokan wasansa maimakon ya tsaya shi kaɗai a matsayin babban tauraron ƙungiyar. Norway tana da 'yan wasan shahararru da yawa, amma hoton da ya rage ya kasance na tarin mutane — layuka biyu suna motsi tare.
Oslo ta maraba da Norway a gida
Ingila ta kawo ƙarshen tafiyar da nasara 2-1 bayan lokaci kari a Miami. Norway tana da fifiko kafin Jude Bellingham ya ci kwallaye biyu ya aika Ingila zuwa kusa da kusa. A ƙarshen wasa, takaici ya bayyana — Haaland ya tsaya da hannuwansa a ƙugu yayin da abokan wasansa suka kasance a filin wasa.
Amma lokacin da ƙungiyar ta dawo Oslo, fiye da mutum 100,000 sun taru a kewaye da fadar sarki da tituna kusa da ita, bisa ga rahoton FIFA na wannan bikin maraba. 'Yan wasan sun yi tafiya a hankali cikin garin a cikin bas mai buɗe sama, suna kewaye da taguwar ja da tutocin Norway. Yariman Haakon ya haɗu da su don wata Viking Row ta ƙarshe. A gaban taron da har yanzu suna jan tuƙi, fita daga zagaye na ƙusa-ƙusa ba ta yi kama da shan kashi ba.
