TV2’s expert commentator Simen Stamsø Møller calls Sporting as an opponent in the round of 16 a dream draw for Glimt. It is precisely this attitude that has sent Inter Milan out of the Champions League. For Serie A’s best club, Bodø/Glimt also saw Bodø/Glimt as a dream draw. A tough game in the cold at Aspmyra, then overrunning the football miniputt at San Siro. The result, of course, was completely different.
On Friday, the eighth finals were drawn, Bodø/Glimt could draw Manchester City or Sporting, the ball wanted the latter.
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Manchester City have already got a football lesson from Bodø/Glimt with a 3-1 loss – a game Guardiola did everything to avoid losing and being sent out in the playoffs. Yes, Sporting is a “good” opponent, but anything but a dream draw.
Bodø/Glimt have shown they play better football than the giants, Sporting has also been a club that has football to surprise the giants. The last time the Portuguese faced City (with Ruben Amorim at the helm), the Sporting players ran over Foden, Haaland and the City gang to a 4-1 victory.
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This time, Manchester City will go up against Real Madrid – once again – while Bodø/Glimt and Sporting will settle who will continue to write Champions League history. In the quarter-finals, Arsenal or Bayer Leverkusen await the “Bodø/Glimt phenomenon”.
