US EditionSporting Stage Stunning Comeback to Sink Bodo/Glimt 5-0 and Reach Quarter-Finals
Sporting Lisbon erased a 3-goal deficit with a 5-0 extra-time win, advancing 5-3 on aggregate to the Champions League quarterfinals, ending Bodø/Glimt's run.
- On Tuesday, March 17, 2026, Sporting CP beat Bodø/Glimt 5-0 after extra time in Lisbon, eliminating the Norwegian side 5-3 on aggregate.
- After a 3-0 first-leg win at Aspmyra last week, Bodø/Glimt had produced an unlikely debut campaign, beating Manchester City, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan home and away to reach the round of 16.
- The decisive sequence began when Sporting's attackers scored during the return match, with Maximiliano Araújo in the 92nd minute and Rafael Nel in stoppage time, turning the tie around.
- Other clubs may take note: Sporting's comeback could inspire Manchester City and Chelsea, which also faced three-goal deficits on Tuesday, as the knockout draw reshuffles.
- Beyond the scoreline, Sporting CP's extra-time reversal immediately alters the competition's knockout draw and ends Bodø/Glimt's run as the northernmost team ever in the Champions League from a fishing town of around 55,000.
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The Sporting won the Bodo-Glimt for 5-0, in Alvalade. He became a remover in which he lost by 0-3. At the post-game conference, Rui Borges said there was a different Sporting in this second hand.
The Portuguese defeat the Norwegian underdog 5:0 n.V. and meet Arsenal in the quarter final of the "king class".
Sporting Lisbon achieved something that was last successful in the top class in Liverpool in 2019 by a 5:0 against Bodö/Glimt: despite a three-goal gap in the first round to reach the next round.
Sporting Lisbon stage comeback from three goals down to reach Champions League quarter-finals
Sporting Lisbon produced one of the most remarkable comebacks in Champions League history on Tuesday night, overturning a 3-0 first-leg deficit against Bodo/Glimt to secure their place in the quarter-finals
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