{"id":84673,"date":"2026-03-17T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/sporting-lisbon-thrash-bodo-glimt-to-reach-champions-league-quarters\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:03:00","slug":"sporting-lisbon-thrash-bodo-glimt-to-reach-champions-league-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=84673","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Lisbon thrash Bodo\/Glimt to reach Champions League quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n    <span class=\"hidden-title\" style=\"display:none\">Sporting Lisbon thrash Bodo\/Glimt to reach Champions League quarters<\/span><br \/>\n    <span class=\"hidden-url\" style=\"display:none\">\/node\/2636738\/sport<\/span><\/p>\n<article itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Article\" class=\"entry-article\">\n<div class=\"grid-x entry-article-inner align-center\" data-nid=\"2636738\">\n<div class=\"cell large-shrink\">\n<div class=\"entry-aside-info stick-aside-info show-for-large\">\n<p>\n                      Updated 17 March 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                        <time>March 17, 2026<span> 23:45<\/span><\/time>                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"cell large-auto\">\n<div class=\"printable-area shareable\">\n<p><h2>Sporting Lisbon thrash Bodo\/Glimt to reach Champions League quarters<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-area show-for-printable-area\">\n                                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-highlight\">\n<ul>\n<li>Sporting produced a ruthless display in Portugal to book a spot in the last eight for the first time since the 1982\/83 season<\/li>\n<li>Bodo\/Glimt have drawn admirers across the world for their superb performances<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta hide-for-large no-print\">\n<p>\n                          Updated 17 March 2026                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            AFP                         <\/p>\n<p>\n                            <time>March 17, 2026<span> 23:45<\/span><\/time>                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2636738\/sport\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>\n\tLISBON: Sporting Lisbon made an impressive comeback to hammer Norwegian giantkillers Bodo\/Glimt 5-0 on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarter-finals 5-3 on aggregate.<br \/>After a 3-0 last 16 first leg defeat last week north of the Arctic Circle, Sporting produced a ruthless display in Portugal to book a spot in the last eight for the first time since the 1982\/83 season.<br \/>Bodo\/Glimt have drawn admirers across the world for their superb performances in this season\u2019s Champions League but once Goncalo Inacio opened the scoring, the Portuguese champions never looked back.<br \/>Pedro Goncalves and Luis Suarez netted to force extra-time and Maximiliano Araujo scored in the 92nd minute to put Sporting ahead for the first time in the tie, before Rafael Nel smashed home a fifth late on.<br \/>Bodo\/Glimt shocked last season\u2019s runners-up Inter Milan in the play-off round and defeated Manchester City and Atletico Madrid in the league phase before that.<br \/>Those astonishing results were followed up by the first leg rout of Sporting at the Norwegians\u2019 8,000-capacity Aspmyra Stadium, giving Kjetil Knutsen\u2019s side a tantalising sight of the last eight.<br \/>Perhaps it daunted them, as they seemed to be playing with fear from the start in Lisbon.<br \/>The hosts dominated, racking up shots at nearly the same rate the Norwegian side were completing passes in the opening phases.<br \/>Around 2,000 Bodo\/Glimt fans made the long trek to Jose Alvalade stadium, where their dream was mercilessly crushed under the rain.<br \/>Knutsen selected the same line-up for the sixth Champions League match running, a competition record. Rui Borges\u2019s Sporting peppered the Bodo\/Glimt goal, with Nikita Haikin saving from Colombian striker Suarez early on.<br \/>Kasper Hogh, who scored in the first leg, had a fine chance to send the visitors ahead against the run of play at the other end but dragged his shot a long way wide.<br \/>Former Barcelona forward Francisco Trincao\u2019s effort was deflected off-target, but he helped create the opener with a corner. Inacio rose highest to nod home and start Sporting\u2019s comeback.<br \/>Bodo\/Glimt almost pulled back level but Odin Bjortuft headed against the crossbar, with the ball flying upwards and then dropping downwards onto the woodwork again, before Sporting were able to recover.<br \/>The Portuguese side forged their second goal just after the hour mark with Suarez racing in down the right and pulling the ball across for Goncalves to tap home.<br \/>The comeback was well and truly on and Suarez got in on the action himself with a penalty after 78 minutes, following a handball by Fredrik Andre Bjorkan.<br \/>Bodo\/Glimt held on to force extra-time but after just two minutes of it Araujo fired home, drilling inside Haikin at the near post for Sporting\u2019s fourth.<br \/>Sporting wisely kept control through the rest of the additional period and wrapped things up at the death when Nel rifled into the top corner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                       <!-- \n                        \n\n<div id=\"POSTQUARE_WIDGET_122392\"><\/div>\n\n -->\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2636738\/sport\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sporting Lisbon thrash Bodo\/Glimt to reach Champions League quarters \/node\/2636738\/sport Updated 17 March 2026 March 17,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9685,4942,4782,9684,5486,466,9683,1037],"class_list":["post-84673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-bodoglimt","tag-champions","tag-league","tag-lisbon","tag-quarters","tag-reach","tag-sporting","tag-thrash"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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