ESPN journalist likens Sporting to Bodo/Glimt: The scouting is... | OneFootball

The Bodo/Glimt continues to surprise the European scene after eliminating Inter Milan, the European runner-up, with victories in Norway and, more recently, at the historic Giuseppe Meazza, where they ended up winning 2-1, leaving the aggregate at 5-2. Now, they face Manchester City or... Sporting.

In their debut season in the Champions League, the Norwegian team confirms its status as the great sensation of the million-dollar competition, continuing their sustained growth in European competitions - after the quarter-finals of the Conference League in 2022 and the semi-finals of the Europa League in 2025.

The impact of their journey led Julien Laurens, an ESPN journalist, to draw parallels with the team led by Rui Borges: "Sporting, Club Brugge, and Bodo/Glimt have similarities in the success they achieved this season. The scouting is excellent and the academy players have been performing well," he began by saying.

"The academies in Italy are not producing enough players, nor players who are ready to play in the main teams. The way they spend money is not what we are used to seeing in Italian clubs," stated the journalist, in statements to BBC Radio 5 Live.

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