Sporting produced a dramatic reversal to defeat Bodø/Glimt 5‑0 after extra time, securing a place in the Champions League quarter‑finals with a 5‑3 aggregate win in the last‑16 round.
After falling 3‑0 behind from the first‑leg encounter in Norway, Sporting pressed from the opening whistle and took the lead in the 34th minute when Gonçalo Inácio rose to meet a corner delivered by Francisco Trincão.
Bodø/Glimt rattled the post before the break with a header from Odin Bjørtuft, yet Sporting answered in the 61st minute as Pedro Gonçalves redirected a cross from Luis Suárez. The visitors then drew level when Suárez slotted a penalty in the 78th minute following a VAR check for a handball.
Less than two minutes of extra time later, Maxi Araújo found the net, and substitute Rafael Nel added a fifth in stoppage time, ending the Norwegian club’s fairy‑tale run and propelling the consecutive Portuguese champions forward.
“We always trusted that, with this fantastic crowd behind us, we could achieve it,” Araújo said. “It was incredible, we gave everything and it paid off. I’m extremely proud of the squad and glad we could give the supporters a night to remember.”
Bodø had previously toppled Manchester City, Atlético Madrid and Inter twice in an impressive spell of form before comfortably winning the first leg on home soil.
Fueled by a boisterous audience, Sporting surged out of the gate, creating eleven chances in the first fifteen minutes but missed three clear opportunities, with Trincão twice failing from close range and Gonçalves mishitting a volley as the hosts pressed the Bodø defence.
Inácio’s forceful first‑half header finally broke the deadlock, setting Sporting on the path to what turned into a remarkable comeback.
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