Again, we have to be honest here: We'd pretty much given up on Bodo/Glimt making the knockout stage after the spirit-crushing concession of a 90th-minute winner in their matchday-five loss at home to Juventus.
However, Kjetil Knutsen's wonderfully entertaining side then went to Signal Iduna Park and gave themselves a glimmer of hope by holding Borussia Dortmund to a 2-2 draw. It really was only a glimmer, though, as they still only had three points on the board and their final two fixtures were against Manchester City and Atletico Madrid.
What followed, though, was true fantasy football, as Bodo humbled a state-sponsored club at Aspmyra Stadion before doing something even more unthinkable by silencing Diego Simeone and the Metropolitano.
"We had a plan, everyone believed in it and I've never screamed so loudly in a football game," Knutsen said. "That team is completely incredible and I am so incredibly proud. What an experience, the feeling is enormous. I'm not going to compare it to anything, but we do what we do. We should be extremely proud of that. Achievements stand on their own."
This unquestionably ranks as one of the most magnificent in European Cup history, with a team hailing from a remote Norwegian town of just over 40,000 people through to the Champions League play-offs. Make no mistake about it: Bodo/Glimt are a bona fide footballing fairy tale.