When the Inter Milan players had returned home from the cold at Aspmyra with a 3-1 loss, various Italian media reassured that the San Siro and the Serie A leader’s greatness would send the Vikings out of the Champions League. Bodø/Glimt came, defended – and took advantage of the opportunities they were given and created for another victory. This time at the San Siro. This was football’s David victory over Goliath. At Lake Como, a plan was made that would do the same as the Norwegian club. Little Como was going up against Inter Milan in Coppa Italia’s two semi-final matches, Bodø/Glimt had shown the way.
Tuesday’s semi-final in Como ended with a 0-0 result, but coach Cesc Fabregas, who is very interested in learning from Bodø/Glimt, knows that 0-0 is half a win against Inter Milan. In December, Inter waltzed over Como in Serie A with a 4-0 victory.
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-The result is what it is. All in all, I feel like maybe we deserved to score a goal, or at least got closer to scoring one,” Fabregas told Sport Mediaset.
-Inter have dominated Italian football for the last five years, but they only had one shot on goal today. It leaves a bit of a bitter taste in our mouths, because we feel that we could have at least won this 1-0,” the Como coach continues.
The second leg at San Siro will be on April 21 or 22, Bodø/Glimt have shown Fabregas San Siro is not an impenetrable fortress for Inter.
-I don’t know if Inter are favourites now, I just know that we are Como and they are Inter. There is certainly a different mentality between the clubs and the teams right now, at least for the moment. We continue to try to raise the standard. We play in a semi-final of the Coppa Italia, so if you had told a Como fan or even me when we were in Serie B two years ago, I doubt anyone would have believed you,” concludes an attacking Como coach.
Bodø/Glimt have shown it is possible.
