At a glance

  • Bodo/Glimt register fifth straight Champions League win

  • Norwegian side make light work of Sporting, who finished seventh in league phase

  • Sondre Fet penalty and Ole Blomberg strike puts them 2-0 up before half-time

  • Kasper Hogh slams third goal 19 minutes from time

  • Second leg in Lisbon next Tuesday, with winner to face Arsenal or Bayer Leverkusen

  • PLAYER RATINGS

ByAlex Hoad
BBC Sport Journalist

Bodo/Glimt's fairytale Champions League run continued as Sporting were swept aside in the first leg of their last-16 tie in Norway.

It was a fifth straight win for the minnows who, in their debut season in the competition proper, sneaked into the play-off round by finishing 23rd in the league phase.

Bodo failed to win any of their opening six Champions League games, but produced remarkable victories over Manchester City and Atletico Madrid to book a play-off against last season's finalists Inter Milan - and then beat the three-time winners home and away.

Kjetil Knutsen named the same XI which won those four games for a fifth time - something only Auxerre have previously done in the competition's history 23 years ago.

Their visitors, depleted by injury and suspension, simply could not cope with the home side's trademark high-energy, high-pressing approach and, most tellingly, their supreme patience in attacking possession.

Sporting's leading scorer Luis Suarez had an effort from a fifth-minute corner deflected over the bar as the Lions swiftly found their feet on Aspmyra's artificial pitch, with his link-up play with Francisco Trincao looking promising.

However, Jens Petter Hauge fizzed a volley past the upright at the other end following a fine pull-back from Hakon Evjen and his side soon began to turn the screw.

Sporting keeper Rui Silva needed to race off his line to thwart Evjen with his legs, while Luis Guilherme's low shot was held by Nikita Haikin at the other end.

The game changed in the 32nd minute when visiting defender Georgios Vagiannidis was adjudged to have barged over Sondre Fet after Kasper Hogh's lovely touch.

Following a video assistant referee (VAR) review, Fet picked himself up to coolly send Rui Silva the wrong way from the spot.

On the stroke of half-time Ole Blomberg cashed in on a deflected ball into the box with a wonderful first touch and silky finish to spark wild celebrations for the home crowd.

Sporting improved after the restart and responded with Suarez blazing wide of target from the left of the box and Trincao having a powerful shot blocked.

But back came Bodo as Hogh bundled home Hauge's low cross in the 71st minute, while Hauge nearly curled a fourth late on.

They will head to Lisbon for the return next Tuesday, where the capacity at the Jose Alvalade Stadium could fit almost every resident of the fishing community they call home.

And where Bodo will be aiming to write another historic chapter in their wonderful story by booking a date with Arsenal or Bayer Leverkusen in the quarter-final.

Sondre fet celebrates converting his penaltyImage source, Getty Images
Image caption,

Sondre Fet scored from the spot to put Bodo/Glimt on their way to a stunning success

Bodo display 'not a surprise' to Knutsen

After an unexpectedly meek performance from a side enjoying their best season in Europe's premier club competition in more than 40 years, Sporting defender Ivan Fresneda apologised to the 200 travelling fans who ventured to the Arctic Circle, as well as those back in Portugal.

"It was really difficult for us, we started really good, but after the first few minutes we started to play in a low block and they were comfortable," he said.

"It's only the first leg. It's really difficult, they are a really tough team. At home will be different. We will need to do all we didn't do in this [leg]. We need to give our best."

Bodo goalscorer and player-of-the-match Fet felt his side could have gained even more control in their dominant first-leg performance.

He added: "It will be a really difficult game in Lisbon, but if we just continue the way we defend and attack as a team I think we can also make trouble for them there."

While delighted with the swagger shown by his side in attack, Bodo coach Knutsen also maintained the tie was "only at half-time" and not "closed".

"I am really happy with how good we were in the build-up play and creating imbalance almost every time we had the ball in the first half," he added.

"The second half was different so we are a little bit lucky. It's a good performance but it's not a surprise to me."

Player of the match

Number: 10 J. Hauge
Average rating 9.20
Number: 10 J. Hauge
Average Rating: 9.20
Number: 9 K. Høgh
Average Rating: 9.19
Number: 12 N. Haikin
Average Rating: 9.16
Number: 11 O. Blomberg
Average Rating: 9.15
Number: 19 S. Fet
Average Rating: 9.12
Number: 26 H. Evjen
Average Rating: 9.08
Number: 7 P. Berg
Average Rating: 9.07
Number: 20 F. Sjøvold
Average Rating: 8.99
Number: 4 O. Bjørtuft
Average Rating: 8.98
Number: 6 J. Gundersen
Average Rating: 8.97
Number: 15 F. Bjørkan
Average Rating: 8.89
Number: 8 S. Auklend
Average Rating: 8.51
Number: 21 A. Helmersen
Average Rating: 8.48
Number: 14 U. Saltnes
Average Rating: 8.42
Number: 25 I. Määttä
Average Rating: 8.39

After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.

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