Bodø/Glimt shock Inter as Uefa Champions League knockout tie ends 5-2 on aggregate
Bodø/Glimt's run in the uefa champions league continued as the Norwegian side completed a shock knock-out victory over Inter Milan, following a 3-1 home win and a 2-1 victory at the San Siro that sent them through 5-2 on aggregate. The result leaves Bodø/Glimt within touching distance of the Champions League last 16 and hands them a tie against either Manchester City or Sporting in the next round.
Uefa Champions League second leg in Milan: San Siro night and the aggregate picture
Inter hosted Bodø/Glimt in the second leg of the knock-out round on Tue, 24/02/2026 at 8: 00 PM, seeking to overturn a 3-1 deficit from the first meeting. The visitors left Italy victorious after a 2-1 win at the San Siro, completing a 5-2 aggregate triumph following the 3-1 win at home in front of their own fans the previous week. Kjetil Knutsen is the manager of Bodø/Glimt and Cristian Chivu is listed as the manager for Internazionale in the club comparison data.
Goal sequence: Fet, Esposito, then Hauge and Høgh turn the tie
The tie’s decisive moments came in a run of goals that began with Sondre Fet opening the scoring after 20 minutes on Bodø's artificial surface, when Kasper Høgh backheeled the ball for Fet to finish. Francesco Pio Esposito then equalised for Inter after a period of pressure in which Matteo Darmian, the former Manchester United defender, hit the post and Nicolo Barella shot straight at Bodø goalkeeper Nikita Haikin. Carlos Augusto’s header from Barella’s cross was blocked and the rebound fell to Esposito, who turned and fired home.
Early in the second half, Jens Petter Hauge and Kasper Waarts Hogh struck inside three second-half minutes. On 61 minutes, Bodø countered and Høgh teed up Hauge on the left to power home a left-footed drive into the top corner. Ole Didrik Blomberg then squared the ball for Høgh to tap home Bodø’s third; Kasper Waarts Hogh celebrated that goal during the match.
Inter’s hopes and missed chances: posts, saves and Serie A context
Inter’s pressure produced further near-misses: Lautaro Martinez hit the post and Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer later touched Høgh’s drive over the bar. Inter are described as being eight points clear at the top of Serie A and have been Champions League finalists in two of the past three seasons, yet they were made to look ordinary by Bodø in the Arctic Circle in the earlier leg.
Historic notes and previous meetings between Norway and Italy
The only prior meetings between the clubs came in the 1978-79 Cup Winners’ Cup, when the Italian side won both legs for a 7-1 aggregate victory (5-0 at home, 2-1 away). This tie is only the second UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie played between sides from Norway (Bodø/Glimt) and Italy (Internazionale), after Juventus eliminated Rosenborg in the 1996-97 quarter-finals by 3-1 on aggregate.
Internazionale will play a European match in Norway for just the third time, and for the first time since a 2-2 draw at Rosenborg in September 2002; the other previous Norwegian trip was a 2-1 win at Bodø/Glimt in October 1978. Bodø/Glimt won their final two games in the group phase — 3-1 v Manchester City and 2-1 v Atlético Madrid — and could become the first Norwegian team to win three consecutive European Cup/UEFA Champions League matches.
Wider knockout-round picture, club data and the scale of the upset
The knockout round playoffs are producing first qualifications for the round of 16: Newcastle United booked their spot by eliminating Qarabag, and Bayer Leverkusen booked theirs by eliminating Olympiacos. Bodø/Glimt will now play either Manchester City, who they have already beaten this season, or Sporting in the round of 16.
Club-comparison data supplied alongside the match coverage lists Inter in Serie A and Bodø/Glimt in the Eliteserien. Market-value figures given include Inter at €666. 80m and Bodø/Glimt at €57. 13m in one table, and later Inter at €667. 3m and Bodø/Glimt at €57. 1m with a stated €610. 2m difference between the clubs. Expenditure figures are shown as €96. 60m for Inter (25/26) and €6. 00m for Bodø/Glimt. The coverage also notes that the population of Bodø is less than the capacity of the Italian giant’s stadium, and that Bodø/Glimt are nicknamed Superlaget ("the Super Team").
Transfermarkt-style analysis in the match material describes Bodø/Glimt as having built a reputation for causing upsets at their stadium; Kjetil Knutsen’s side reached the Europa League semi-finals last season, and this is the first time in the club’s history they have won a knock-out tie in the Champions League.
How match momentum was measured during the tie
Match momentum was described in the coverage as the swing of the match measured by comparing each team’s threat to see who is more likely to score within that minute. The momentum value is the difference between each team’s most dangerous moment, or team threat, in that minute.
For Bodø/Glimt, a club still in their off season in Norway, the back-to-back wins over Manchester City, Atlético Madrid and Inter — culminating in this knock-out triumph — mark a striking sequence in this uefa champions league campaign.
