Ricardo enjoyed prime view at Sporting training before Bodø/Glimt | OneFootball

The match between Bodø/Glimt and Sporting, the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League, is being marked by the presence of four Sporting fans, who watched the training of the team led by Rui Borges from the apartment of Bruno Quadros, a Brazilian man who lives right in front of the Aspmyra Stadion. In this Exclusive Leonino, we talked with Ricardo, one of the Sporting fans, who is in the viral condo and shared his experience and expectations for this Wednesday's game.

"Basically, I had seen some videos on Bruno's TikTok, I found his story very amusing, and two days before coming here, I told Bruno: 'Look, I'll be there with some friends and wanted to invite you for a drink'. He must have found the contact strange because people contacted him wanting to stay at his place, wanting to watch the game for free. But the man said he was receiving hundreds of messages. Meanwhile, on Monday night, we landed here (Norway), I sent him a message, and when we were already catching the bus to the center, he says: 'Are you on the bus?, and I replied: 'We are'. Bruno replied: 'Then get off here at the stadium, and I'll open the door for you'. So, we opened the door, bought some beers, and spent the whole night talking about life", he began to reveal, about how he got in touch with Bruno Quadros.

Regarding the experience of seeing a stadium right next door and from inside an apartment, the Sporting fan finds it amusing and compared Bodø/Glimt to a Portuguese Primeira Liga team - which Sporting recently defeated. "The experience is very amusing. We are basically playing with the Moreirense of the Champions League and here in Moreira de Cónegos of Norway. It's funny to be in a building constructed with a view of the stadium, isn't it? So, we immediately joined in the fun", he said.

Ricardo and his friends had the opportunity to cheer for the athletes during last Tuesday's training, something indescribable for the Sporting fan. "It was spectacular, we sang personalized songs for some players, we sang until we couldn't anymore, and it was very funny because it was different, it was unique, and it won't happen again", he admitted.

To conclude, the fan talked about the match itself and believes in victory and advancing to the quarter-finals, where he trusts the opponent will be... Bayer Leverkusen. "I think the best team has to win, and although recent history tells us that Bodø/Glimt has achieved completely extraordinary results against some European giants, I think Sporting is much superior, and I think we will win 2-0 here. But any result, a draw or a Sporting victory, is excellent for us to then go to Leverkusen", he concluded.

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