Champions League last 16: Prefer to face Sporting | OneFootball

After eliminating Inter Milan in the playoff, Bodo/Glimt is already looking ahead to the Champions League round of 16, where they could face Sporting or Manchester City. In the Nordic dressing room, preferences are divided, but captain Patrick Berg left no room for doubt.

The midfielder revealed that he would like to play in Lisbon and justified his choice “because of the history.” “What matters to me is facing teams that can bring us new challenges, as that is always exciting. I would prefer to play against Sporting because it is a team I admire and has a rich history in the competition,” he told TNT Sports.

Even so, Patrick Berg appeared calm about the possibility of meeting the English champions again in the Champions League round of 16: “If we have to play them again, it won’t be a problem,” he said in the same interview.

It is worth remembering that, in the league phase of the prestigious tournament, the Norwegian champions hosted Manchester City, whom they managed to beat 3-1, a result that boosts the Scandinavian side’s confidence for any scenario in the draw.

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