Inter Vs Bodø/glimt — inter vs bodø/glimt: Historical moment in Milan
inter vs bodø/glimt ended in one of the competition's biggest upsets as Bodø/Glimt beat Inter Milan 2-1 in the San Siro second leg to progress 5-2 on aggregate. The Norwegian side's win secures a first-ever Champions League last-16 place for a Norwegian club and continues a run that included victories over Manchester City and Atletico Madrid.
Bodø/Glimt’s remarkable European run
Bodo/Glimt and Bodø/Glimt have kept defying the odds this season. The Norwegian team, based around 70 miles into the Arctic Circle, beat Manchester City and Atletico Madrid in the league phase and then Inter Milan in the knockout play-off round. They had failed to win their first six league phase games and were left needing results against Manchester City and Atletico Madrid to qualify for the play-offs, but produced the necessary turnaround to reach the knockouts.
Inter Vs Bodø/glimt in Milan
Facing three-time winners Inter Milan — beaten by Paris Saint-Germain in the final of this competition just over nine months ago — Bodø/Glimt held a 3-1 lead from the first leg and completed the job in Italy. Winners 2-1 on the night, Bodo's 5-2 aggregate success completed a home and away double over Cristian Chivu's men and secured their place in the Champions League last 16, where they will face either Manchester City or Sporting.
Key moments and goals timeline
Under sustained pressure, the visitors struck in the 58th minute when Ole Didrik Blomberg seized on a loose pass on the edge of the Inter area and drove at goal. Yann Sommer pushed his shot away but Jens Petter Hauge reacted quickest to convert the rebound from close range — Hauge's sixth goal in the competition this season. Håkon Evjen then put the result beyond doubt in the 72nd minute, guiding a precise right-footed effort into the far bottom corner. Alessandro Bastoni pulled a goal back for Inter in the 77th minute, but it proved too late to alter the outcome.
Reactions from coaches and players
Boss Kjetil Knutsen said, "It is a historical moment for Bodo and I think also for Norwegian football. " Jens Petter Hauge, back in the San Siro where he had a two-year spell at AC Milan, reflected: "It sounds not true, but we are there, among the last teams in the competition. " He added, "It will be really exciting to see what the next two games bring. " Inter coach Cristian Chivu said: "We know there's a lot of competitiveness in the Champions League. If teams get to this stage it means they have something. And they have proved that. They showed it against Dortmund, against Madrid, against City, against us twice. It's a team which has energy. We could have done better in Norway, we could have done better today, too, but unfortunately it didn't go how we wanted. We gave everything to try to advance, that's football. " Jurgen Klinsmann branded Inter's exit a "catastrophe" for the Serie A leaders.
Inter’s season and squad context
Inter were without stars Lautaro Martínez and Hakan Çalhanoglu due to injury. Last season the club reached the Champions League final after victories over Bayern Munich and Barcelona but were crushed 5-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in that final, lost to AC Milan in the Italian Cup semifinals and finished runner-up to Napoli in Serie A. Simone Inzaghi was replaced by Chivu, whose only previous senior managerial position had been a few months in charge at Parma. The expected overhaul of an aging squad did not materialize: Inter brought in only Ange-Yoan Bonny, Luis Henrique, Petar Sučić and Manuel Akanji. This season they sit 10 points clear at the top of Serie A but have struggled in the Champions League, winning their first three group matches then losing four on the bounce to finish the league phase in 10th, one point off automatic advancement to the round of 16.
Other knockout ties and outcomes
Atlético Madrid advanced after Alexander Sørloth scored a hat-trick as Atlético won 4-1 in the second leg to complete a 7-4 aggregate victory over Club Brugge. A 3-3 draw in Belgium the previous week had seen Brugge come back from two goals down and then level again in the 89th minute. In Madrid, Sørloth fired Atlético in front in the 23rd minute; Joel Ordóñez levelled the match and the tie 13 minutes later. Johnny Cardoso put Atlético 2-1 early in the second half, and Sørloth completed his hat-trick with goals in the final 15 minutes to secure Atlético’s place in the last 16, where they will face either Liverpool or Tottenham. Bayer Leverkusen earned a 0-0 draw with Olympiakos to book their last-16 spot with a 2-0 aggregate triumph after Patrik Schick’s double in the first leg in Greece; Leverkusen will now face either Bayern Munich or Arsenal in the round of 16 next month and the draw will take place on Friday.
Nikita Haikin's reflexes and Bodø/Glimt's resolute defending helped deny Inter despite numerous first-half attacks. Bodø/Glimt are the first Norwegian side to progress in a knockout-stage tie in the Champions League and the first overall in the European Cup since Lillestrom in the first round in 1987-88. They are also 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 those leagues since Ajax in 1971-72, who went on to win the European Cup that season. 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. The club's home games can often be played in harsh wintry conditions, and an archive feature from May 2025 charts the rise of football in the Arctic.
inter vs bodø/glimt will be remembered as a landmark knockout upset and a historical moment for Norwegian football.
