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.
