Sa'ad da Viking suka yi daidai da Bayern Munich a UEFA Champions League a Stavanger, kaɗan ne a wajen Norway suka fahimci girman abin da ke faruwa. Kulob ɗin da ya sha kashi 5-0 a ƙungiyar ta biyu ta Norway — a gaban masu kallo 274 kawai — ya samu damar dakatar da zakaran Bundesliga a daidaita a manyan filin wasa na Turai.

Ga babban jami'in gudanarwa Eirik Bjorno, mahimmancin ya bayyana da farkon burin. "Lokacin ne," ya shaida wa Sky Sports. "Kana shirye don kalaman kawunan ruwa, watakila hari ko biyu na mayarwa, sai ka zura burin daga kusurwar farko."

Daraktan wasanni Erik Nevland, tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙasa da ƙasa na Norway wanda ya taka leda a Manchester United da Fulham a Ingila kafin ya dawo kulob ɗin garinsa, ya fi shafa da buri na biyu. "Koyaushe zaka iya zura buri da wuri," in ji shi. "Amma wannan wani abu ne da ba mu taɓa mafarkinsa ba. Ya yi ta'ajabi sosai. Fiye da yadda muka yi tsammani. Dare ne na littattafan tarihi kawai."

Lokaci da ya yi magana ko'ina a Turai

Buri na uku ya tabbatar da daidaito mai ban al'ajabi. Bayern sun dawo da buraye uku na kansu, amma Michael Olise an fitar da shi — kuma Viking sun kama damar. Dare ma ya haifar da cece-kuce fiye da sakamakon: babban jami'in Viking Max Eberl ya kira kyaftin Viking Zlatko Tripic da kalma mai muni bayan hannun Tripic a jan katin Olise.

Nevland ya amsa cikin ban sha'awa: "Amma shi ne namu," ya ce yana dariya. "Muna ƙaunarsa."

"Shine mafi girman wasa a tarihin kulob ɗinmu," in ji Bjorno. "Mafi muhimmancin abin da muka koya shi ne cewa muna iya fafatawa. Muna iya jimre da gurin."

Ƙasan ƙasa: kashi 5-0 a gaban masu kallo 274

Don fahimtar wannan tafiya gaba ɗaya, dole ne a koma Yuni 2018. Viking, suna wasa a ƙungiyar ta biyu ta Norway, sun sha kashi 5-0 ga Nest-Sotra — kulob ɗin da ba ya wanzu kuma. Sun riga sun kasance bayan da buraye huɗu kafin rabin lokaci na farko ya ƙare. Yawan masu kallo ya kai 274.

"Shine mafi ƙasan wuri kai tsaye," in ji Bjorno. "Yana kama ba za mu hau ba, amma mun koma mun sami hawa da maki ɗaya." Nevland ma yana da gaskiya daidai game da abin da ya tilasta canjin. "Mun gane muna muni. Wani abu ya kamata ya canza."

Gina al'adar nasara

Hanyar dawowa an gina ta bisa falsafar a bayyane: hazaƙar da aka haɓaka a gida, ci gaba a jagoranci, da alaƙa ta zuciya da birnin Stavanger. Nevland, wanda ya haɗu da Viking tun yana shekara bakwai — mahaifiyarsa har ma ta yi aiki a kulob ɗin — ya nuna wannan ruhin gaba ɗaya.

"Na yi mafarkin wannan tun ina shekara biyar," in ji shi. "Na taka leda wa kulob ɗin tun ina shekara bakwai kuma ban taɓa fuskantar wannan a matsayina na ɗan wasa ba. Nau'in mafarki ne a lashe gasar kuma yanzu a wakiltar Viking a Champions League. Wannan kulob ɗin garina ne kuma yana nufin komai. Wannan shi ne lokacin da nake alfahari da shi fiye da kowannensu a rayuwata."

A shekarar 2025, Viking sun lashe taken gasar Norway a karon farko a cikin shekaru 34. Bayan haka kulob ɗin ya sami UEFA Champions League — tare da canjin kuɗi mai ɗorewa.

Manajan biyu tare da sabuwar hanya

Daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka bamban Viking shi ne tsarin manajoci biyu da suke raba aikin tare. Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim, tsohon ɗan wasan kulob ɗin tsawon shekaru da yawa, yana raba aikin da Morten Jensen wanda shi ma ya kasance a kulob ɗin tun yana saurayi. Tsari ne na waje, amma Bjorno ba ya neman gafara a kansa.

"Komai abin da mutane suke tunani ko abin da yake da halitta," in ji shi, "muna bukatar mu tambayi kanmu wace ita mafi kyaun shawarar da ta dace ga Viking. Gaskiya mun yi imani da cewa zai sa mu fi kyau." Nevland ya wuce wannan: "Yana da jaruntaka a yi ta haka. Caca ce. Amma mun kasance da yakinin isa da cewa dole mu yi wani abu daban da kowa. Ya yi aiki. Yanzu, ba mu kusan ganin wata mafita."

Ci gaba da nasara

A cikin gida, Viking sun yi daidai da maki da Bodo/Glimt tare da wasanni bakwai da suka rage na kakar Norway, suna gwagwarmaya don riƙe taken a karon farko a cikin fiye da shekaru 50. A Turai, tafiye-tafiye zuwa Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, da Napoli suna jira — jerin wasanni da da da da da ayi zunubin tsammani daga duhu na 2018.

Kulob ɗin yana da niyyar amfani da kuɗin UEFA Champions League da hikima. "Za mu ba da cikakken hankali ga kayan aikinmu, filin horar da mu, da filinmu," in ji Bjorno. "Muna son Viking ya kasance mai ƙarfi bayan shekaru 100."

Nevland ma ya fitar da gargaɗi: "Mafi girman haɗari a ƙwallon ƙafa shi ne ka rasa kanka da sauri sosai saboda kana neman nasara a koyaushe. Akwai misalai da yawa na hakan a manyan kulob ɗaye." Viking, a yanzu, sun san cikakken su wane ne — kuma hakan watakila shine mafi girman ƙarfinsu.