F.C. København lost 4-1 to Barcelona in Champions League on January 28, and thus the Champions League adventure was over for the Danish capital club. It must have been a tough downturn. Since then, FCK has played four league matches without winning a single one. Three losses and one draw. And thus the Danish giant will play relegation play-offs in Superligaen this spring. It's perhaps easy to forget that football results and performances are fresh and that Glimt's eventful journey in Europe can feel like a normal state, but it's the opposite. When you year after year go further in Europe, you almost unconsciously begin to think that it's like that - that the next quarterfinal is just the next stop. That's where the danger lies. When Glimt supporters walk around in Bodø and talk about Sporting Lisboa as if it were any other opponent, when a Champions League quarterfinal is mentioned with the same self-evidence as a away match against HamKam, then something has happened. Self-confidence is necessary to succeed at this level. But in the moment when the trust in one's own team slips over into an undervaluation of the opponent, you have taken the first step away from the curious, hungry outsider Glimt once was. FCK manager was merciless after the loss to Randers on Sunday evening: - It's deserved. First and foremost. Because this is not about being proud. We have been extremely weak. And semi-arrogant over a long period. And so it ends with a embarrassing exit. Bodø/Glimt is in the same risk zone now. The club has grown faster than anyone thought possible, and the sports apparatus has handled the level rise impressively. But there are no natural laws that say that Bodø/Glimt should be a fixture in the playoffs in Europe and the Eliteserien. History, economy, and geography actually suggest the opposite. It's just the sum of extremely good choices, hard work, and a very special culture that has lifted the club to where it is. This also means that a few bad choices, a few percent less hunger, can be enough to make the level suddenly fall. And fall fast. Therefore, it's healthy for the supporters to feel a bit of unease, even in the midst of euphoria. Not because Glimt is on the edge of the abyss, but because no club is above the law of gravity. FCK thought they had parked the time when relegation danger and qualification were something that could actually happen. Now they get their spring ruined by just that. For the first time since the Superligaen playoffs were divided into two with a championship playoffs and a relegation playoffs, FCK has landed on the lower half of the table. A historic humiliation, according to many Danish newspapers.