“When it started, it was: ‘Okay, is this something that’s going to get a foothold, or is it something that’s dying out?'” When you look up in the stands with so many and everyone does it together, I think it has become a very nice and fun thing, said Patrick Berg after the Senegal game. By then, captain Martin Ødegaard had led the way in the “rowing” with a drum, in front of thousands of rowing Norwegians in the stands in full triumph over having reached the round of 16. Now the host nation is hanging on.
They also wear red colors, the Canadian supporters. In several clips, you can see that the Canadian fans have clearly been inspired by the Norwegian supporters. Before the match against Switzerland on Wednesday, the “rowing” began, but only with one oar: The Canadians of course row in a canoe.
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Red-clad Norwegian supporters “took over” Times Square, when the Mount of Olives and the gang sat down and rowed, videos that of course went viral. The same when Ødegaard started rowing after the Senegal match.
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Here is the Canadians’ version. Not as synchronous, but with the same childlike joy. Wonderful!
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