Sporting freeze in Bodø, return with big Champions League deficit | OneFootball

The Sporting lost to Bodø/Glimt, 3-0, this Wednesday, March 11, in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. After the draw against Braga in the National Championship, the lions started the knockout stage on the wrong foot.

Playing at Aspmyra Stadion in Norway, the team led by Rui Borges faced several difficulties. The Nordics clearly showed superiority by pressing near the Sporting area and creating spaces on the flanks. The 1-0 came from a penalty due to a foul by Vagiannidis on Fet in the area, which the player converted (32'). In injury time, Ole Didrik Blomberg increased the lead with a cross shot (45'+1).

In the second half, Sporting tried to respond, but several opportunities were wasted. As a result, Bodø/Glimt took advantage of the time and space created by the lions. In the 71st minute, the Norwegians scored again, this time by Kasper Høgh, who finished between Inácio and Nuno Santos.

With this defeat – the sixth in 42 matches this season – Rui Borges's team is at a disadvantage for the second leg of the prestigious competition and now must win by three goals to tie the aggregate score, or win by more than that number at Alvalade to advance to the quarter-finals.

The green and white team will return to the field next Tuesday, March 17, again against Bodø/Glimt. The match, counting for the second leg of this Champions League round, against the Norwegian team, will be played at 5:45 PM at Estádio José Alvalade.

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