Inter Vs Bodø/glimt — Arctic minnows dump Inter out in historic Champions League upset
inter vs bodø/glimt ended with a 2-1 scoreline at San Siro as Bodø/Glimt sealed a 5-2 aggregate victory to reach the Champions League last 16 for the first time, a result described by some as one of the competition’s biggest shocks.
Inter Vs Bodø/glimt: a night at San Siro
Bodø/Glimt’s visitors struck in the 58th minute when Ole Didrik Blomberg seized on a loose pass at the edge of the Inter area and drove at goal; Yann Sommer pushed the shot away but Jens Petter Hauge reacted quickest to tuck in the rebound from close range, the forward’s sixth goal in this Champions League campaign. Håkon Evjen then put the tie beyond doubt in the 72nd minute with a precise right-footed finish into the far bottom corner. Alessandro Bastoni pulled one back for Inter in the 77th minute, but the visitors held on to win 2-1 on the night and 5-2 on aggregate.
How the goals unfolded and key moments
Under sustained pressure in the first half, Bodø/Glimt repelled numerous Inter attacks before their decisive strikes in the second half. The 58th-minute sequence began with Blomberg’s run and ended with Hauge’s clinical conversion; Evjen’s 72nd-minute effort sealed the Norwegian side’s progress. Inter pushed hard after falling behind, but goalkeeper Nikita Haikin produced key saves and reflexes that kept the scoreline intact.
Historic moment for Norwegian football
Winners 2-1 on the night and 5-2 over two legs, Bodo/Glimt now move into the Champions League last 16 for the first time. Manager Kjetil Knutsen called it "a historical moment for Bodo and I think also for Norwegian football. " The club, based around 70 miles inside the Arctic Circle, had earlier beaten Manchester City and Atlético Madrid in the league phase and recorded a draw with Borussia Dortmund, a sequence that underpinned this upset. Jens Petter Hauge’s six goals are the most ever by a Norwegian player for a Norwegian club in a single edition of the European Cup/Champions League.
Why this run rewrites recent records
Bodo/Glimt are the first Norwegian side to progress in a knockout-stage tie in the Champions League and the first team from outside Europe’s big five leagues to win four consecutive games in a European Cup/Champions League campaign against opponents from England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France since Ajax in 1971-72. The club’s home fixtures are often played in harsh wintry conditions, and the run looked unlikely after the side failed to win their first six league phase games and needed results against Manchester City and Atlético Madrid to reach the play-offs.
Inter’s season, squad changes and reactions
Inter enter the fallout with a string of season narratives running alongside this exit. The club reached last season’s Champions League final but was beaten heavily 5-0 by Paris Saint-Germain, and just over nine months ago finished as runners-up in the competition. Coach Cristian Chivu said the team "have proved that" the opponents deserve their place and conceded Inter could "have done better in Norway" and in Milan. Jurgen Klinsmann described Inter’s exit as a "catastrophe" for the Serie A leaders. Inter were missing Lautaro Martínez and Hakan Çalhanoglu through injury, and midfielder Nicolò Barella said, "Bodo won both the matches, so they deserved to go through. " Barella added that Inter had tried but struggled to score despite creating chances.
The club’s broader season context was also noted: Simone Inzaghi was replaced by Chivu after last season; Inter made only a small number of signings—Ange-Yoan Bonny, Luis Henrique, Petar Sučić and Manuel Akanji—and sit 10 points clear at the top of Serie A while having struggled in the Champions League, where they won their first three matches but then lost four on the bounce to finish the league phase in 10th, one point off automatic advancement to the round of 16.
Other knockout results and the road ahead
Atlético Madrid advanced after Alexander Sørloth scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 win over Club Brugge to complete a 7-4 aggregate victory; Atlético will face either Liverpool or Tottenham in the last 16. Bayer Leverkusen earned a 0-0 draw with Olympiakos to win 2-0 on aggregate and will face either Bayern Munich or Arsenal in the round of 16. The draw for the last 16 will take place on Friday. Bodo/Glimt will now await the winner of the Manchester City versus Sporting tie to learn their next opponent.
Fans, players and officials are already turning to the forthcoming draw on Friday and the next fixtures that will define Bodø/Glimt’s Champions League path; unclear in the provided context is the exact date for their next match after the draw.
