Bodø/Glimt boss hails Sporting, sends message to Luis Suárez | OneFootball

The Bodø/Glimt coach, Kjetil Knutsen, praised Sporting in the preview of the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, which took place last Tuesday, March 11, warning about the attacking quality of the green and white team.

“Sporting is clearly an attacking team. They have a high-risk style of play, but they are also very intelligent, because they put a lot of players behind the ball. We have to be very good with our passing so as not to open up spaces and give them opportunities,” said the coach at a press conference in the city of Bodø.

Despite the attacking ability of the Lions, Knutsen believes that they will also take a balanced approach in the first leg of the tie. Among the standout players, he pointed out the Colombian striker Luis Suárez, Sporting’s top scorer in the 2025/26 season, with 35 goals in 42 matches.

“Sporting’s best players are very good. Suárez is a difficult player to mark and we have to be careful with him. He is intelligent and is scoring a lot of goals. But we shouldn’t focus on individuals; we have to see how we can defend against a team with a very strong attack,” he added.

The Norwegian coach also admitted that the fact that Sporting is at a more advanced stage of the season could give Rui Borges’ side some advantage, since the league in Norway is just starting. Even so, he recalled Bodø/Glimt’s recent good results against Portuguese teams, such as the wins over Porto and Braga in last season’s Europa League.

“We have good results against Portuguese teams, but this is a different team. We know we are playing against one of the best teams in Europe. We have to be ready for a very physical and high-intensity match,” he emphasized.

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