Thursday’s match concluded with another Glimt achievement and a 2-1 win after goals by Lorenzo Pellegrini for Roma, and Ulrik Saltnes and Hugo Vetlesen for Bodø / Glimt.

Then there was also friction between the benches during the game, and Knutsen considered Roma’s bench to be too far away.

man on The field is another dream night for yellow.

– I think this is the greatest thing Glimt has done, Viasat football expert Lars Tjærnås said at the end of the game.

Roma’s goal came three minutes before the break, while Glimt and Saltnes scored 11 minutes into the second half.

One minute before the break, Vetlesen sent Aspmyra to heaven as he decided the game and stabbed a set piece into the net from close range.

As such, live quarter-final finishes to the highest level before the last of the two quarter-final matches played in Rome in a week.

– José Mourinho, this is your nightmare in northern Norway, said NRK commentator Bjarne Brandal as the game ended.

The coach and former captain of the national team Henning Berg was very happy after the match.

– Almost impossible to believe. That little Bodø / Glimt will beat Roma again. This is very impressive. And the way they do it is even more impressive, Berg said during a Viasat broadcast.

Raw strong line

The last time Glimt lost in football matches was on 5 August 2021 when Prishtina got too strong away (2-1).

Since then, Glimt have gone 35 consecutive games without defeat, including the one against Roma. 36 if you count the walkover game in the cup against Aalesund.

A great achievement by the crew of Kjetil Knutsen.

The last time the teams met at Aspmyra was, as is well known, 6-1 for the yellows in a match that took place all over the world, but at that time Roma manager José Mourinho deployed the reserve team.

This was not the case on Thursday, when Mourinho fired all cylinders and dispatched a top crew that is currently the top performing team in Serie A.

Striped glitter layer

Bodø / Glimt, on the other hand, will have to do without the important Ola Solbakken, who today linked to Roma from the summer. Lynvingen was sick and couldn’t come to the game.

Since the 2-2 match against Roma in Italy last fall, Glimt have been short of four Norwegian national team players. Both Solbakken, Erik Botheim, Marius Lode and Patrick Berg have been sidelined since their previous clash against the big Italian sides.

Nonetheless, Glimt were for a long time the best team before half-time, and towards the end of the game, Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini made it a beautiful 1-0 score three minutes before the break.

– He doesn’t believe it himself

Ten minutes after the break there was an equaliser. Brice Wembangomo got the ball in space and shot through Ulrik Saltnes’ butt and into goal.

The ball changed direction, but the goal was still a big mistake by the goalkeeper.

– Giant goalkeeper error. He couldn’t believe it himself, says NRK commentator Bjarne Brandal of Roma goalkeeper Rui Patrício.

UEFA praised Saltnes with its score.

Shortly before the game ended, Vetlesen decided the match when he entered 2-1 with his head.

Adventure – also financially

No matter what happens in the return match played in Italy on April 14, Glimt’s appearance in UEFA’s innovation, the Serie A, has been a sporting adventure, but at least financially.

Firstly, the northern team earned over 30 million by passing qualifiers against Valur, FC Prishtina and Zalgiris Vilnius.

In the group stage, they are second behind Roma and bring a total of 26 million plus bonuses for second place and three wins and three draws.

Then Glimt beat Celtic and earned a new six million, while promotion against AZ in the quarter-finals gave 10 million more. If Glimt beat Roma in the quarter-finals, they will get a new 20 million.

The return match will be played at the Stadio Olimpico on the Thursday of the week. The match also started at 21.00 pm.

Should Glimt make it to the semi-finals, winners from Leicester and PSV await.

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