Thierry Henry was one of the first to see the previous Champions League season. The French football icon established early on that it was no coincidence that Bodø/Glimt sank giant clubs. Henry called Glimt Europe’s bravest club, which plays on the principles of what football is really about, when you strip away salaries and income in the giant class. On Tuesday, there was a wonderful reminder that it is only natural that one of Europe’s best clubs gets on the plane from Bodø with zero points.
Okay, Bayern Munich played with Bodø/Glimt in the first Champions League match, but at Aspmyra against Borussia Dortmund, the feeling was back from the start that this is a game Glimt should win.
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The Swedish Expressen has not quite understood what is going on in Bodø, and called it: “Norwegian super shock!”. The Frankfurter Allgemeine had a minor “shock experience” of Germany’s second best club losing to the elite league club.
– BVB, on the other hand, fell completely asleep at the beginning of the second half and acted extremely passively. After 51 minutes, Sjøvold ensured the highly deserved lead after preparatory work from Auklend. The triumph is overall not undeserved, as Dortmund seized the initiative far too late and struggled heavily for over an hour of the match, writes the German newspaper.
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