Matchdag 25: Norge - Brasilien 1998 - Miraklet i Marseille
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What is the premise of the “Miraklet i Marseille” episode and why is it revisited?
Hello and welcome all dear old When We Were Kings listeners. It was a long time ago, but now it's time for a little guest play again, right Erik?
Yes, absolutely. Because if it's the World Cup, it's also When We Were Kings. And no, there will be no new episodes. Men det blir omarbetade och bearbetade historier från förr. Vi har gått ner i den ganska djupa, 800 timmar långa When We Were Kings-gruvan och där har vi hittat en del guldkorn som vi nu har brutit ut och tillgängliggjort för att berika och kontextualisera VM-upplevelsen. Every day there will be a new, old episode that makes one of the matches that will be played in the World Championships a little more interesting. And this takes place during the whole tournament. It's just to follow the old WWWK-field here, just like in the past.
Should we go out on the pitch, Erich? Yes, we can do that to meet the overfilled fans. And there were a lot of Norwegians there. But it's also part of the whole story of this match. That there might have been even more who were in Massey but didn't make it to the Velodrome. Yes. För biljetterna hade inte gått till fotfolket, vet du. Utan de hade väl hamnat i olika företagsfickar. Och för många fotbollsälskande norrman var det en ganska bäsk och bitter första bekantskap med det som vi väl har kommit att kalla den moderna industrialiserade fotbollen. För en betydande del av de allra mest engagerade fotbollsnormännen såg ju inte den här matchen i realtid. De var varken inne på arenan eller vid någon storbildskärm.
De stod liksom utanför velodromen. och hoppades in i det sista på att någon jävla svarta börsmånglare kunde tänka sänka priset eller att liksom någon magisk grind bara mirakulöst skulle öppna sig. Men det skedde ju såklart inte utan tusentals, kanske till och med tiotusentals norrman blev kvar fast på trottoarerna utanför velodromen. Och en av dem var jag ju.
Ja, du var i stan. Ja, ja. Vad fan, berätta mer. We sold everything we had, rented a car. Did you sell everything you had? No. You were a poor student. You sold absolutely nothing. You took the last thing you had. We drove down. It was like going fishing in France. Denmark, we could go there. We lived on a scabby camping. And here we drove down to Marseille and thought, well, it's Norway and Basel, but the Velodrome is so big. So we went down, camped on a small camping site outside Marseille, came in and then experienced exactly the same thing. It was like completely crazy. But since we weren't norwegians and it was so important, we went down to the beach instead on a big screen and saw down there.
How did Norwegian fans experience the World Cup match from the streets of Marseille?
It was pretty good. Yes, it was pretty good.
But how was the vibe?
The vibe was really good.
It was sun and samba, Norwegian, Viking, horny, nice synth.
It was no problem at all. It was a good party down on the beach too.
I don't doubt that. The quality of the party was good.
No, but then I sold everything I had.
I had nothing.
But despite this, that there were so many who had such a hard time getting into this match, that there were so many who didn't do it at all. Vad fan är det första som möter de norska spelarna när de faktiskt går ut på planen? Ja, men naturligtvis, det är så jävla Öyvind Ekeland från Stavanger i höghatt och ska gifta sig. Och min egen relation till Öyvind Ekeland från Stavanger är svag, men det tycks då vara en jävla lirare. En sån som folk kände till, en sån som flera av spelarna i laget var bekanta. Some kind of juggler, right? Yeah, I don't know what he was. Maybe a living artist. But he had somehow managed to convince FIFA that he was going to marry a Brazilian minutes before the World Cup match.
Because that would show the destructive power of football. Yeah. So there stood Eivind Ekeland from Stavanger in the right hat. And on the other side of the plane, the Brazilian team went through the last warm-up. And that's not least when Jostein and Håvard Flo told us about it. Ja, där stod de och körde deras uppvärmning. Och den gick ju ut på att de först skulle försöka imitera Stig Inge Björneby så gott det nu gick.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of the “Miraklet i Marseille” episode and why is it revisited?
0:19–4:12
2
How did Norwegian fans experience the World Cup match from the streets of Marseille?
4:12–7:28
3
Who is Öyvind Ekeland and what quirky role did he play before the Norway‑Brazil game?
7:28–12:08
4
What tactical changes did Drillo implement during the first half against Brazil?
12:08–16:12
5
How did the Norwegian substitutions alter the flow of the match in the second half?
16:12–18:39
6
What controversy surrounded the alleged penalty awarded to Brazil in the 88th minute?
18:39–22:36
7
How did Kjetil Rekdal’s penalty attempt become the decisive moment for Norway?
22:36–27:05
8
What was the final outcome of the Norway‑Brazil match and its legacy in Norwegian football history?
27:05–30:23