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Norwegian Giants: Bodo/Glimt Stun Inter Milan 3-1 in Historic Champions League Upset

Bodo/Glimt, a club from a Norwegian city of barely 50,000 people above the Arctic Circle, demolished Serie A leaders Inter Milan 3-1 in the UEFA Champions League knockout playoffs. Goals from Jens Hauge and Kasper Hogh sealed the historic result, making Bodo/Glimt the first Norwegian club ever to win three consecutive European Cup and Champions League matches.

Mike Donovan

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2 days ago · 2 min read


Norwegian Giants: Bodo/Glimt Stun Inter Milan 3-1 in Historic Champions League Upset

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Pull up a map. Find Norway. Go north. Keep going. Go past the Arctic Circle. That is where Bodo/Glimt come from. A city of roughly 50,000 people in the frozen north of Scandinavia, a place where the sun does not rise in winter and does not set in summer - and a place that just produced one of the most jaw-dropping upsets in the history of the UEFA Champions League.

Bodo/Glimt demolished Inter Milan 3-1 in the knockout playoff round, with Kasper Hogh capping the scoring in the 64th minute to complete a result that nobody - and I mean nobody outside of northern Norway - saw coming. For context: Inter Milan is currently leading Serie A. They are one of the most storied clubs in world football. Their budget dwarfs Bodo/Glimt's entire operation several times over.

And Bodo/Glimt sent them home.

Jens Hauge added a goal in the 61st minute to make it 2-1, and then Hogh put the dagger in three minutes later. Three minutes of football that the Inter faithful will be reliving in their nightmares for seasons.

But here is what makes this story transcend the result: according to Squawka Football, Bodo/Glimt have now won three consecutive European Cup and Champions League matches - the first Norwegian club in history to accomplish that feat. In a competition dominated for decades by clubs from England, Spain, Germany, and Italy, a fishing-town club from above the Arctic Circle has written its name into the record books.

This is what the Champions League promises and so rarely delivers: the genuine possibility that anyone can beat anyone. Bodo/Glimt does not have the payroll. They do not have the history. What they have is belief, tactical organization, and the kind of team spirit that money cannot manufacture.

I started my career calling games in Cleveland. I know what it means for a small-market team to stun the giants. This is that story, on the biggest stage in club football. Bodo celebrates tonight, and somewhere above the Arctic Circle, in a city of 50,000 souls, they are celebrating something that will live forever in the history of their sport. That's what sports is all about, folks.

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