Leonino exclusive: Ricardo's 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 session of the team coached by Rui Borges from the apartment of Bruno Quadros, a Brazilian man who lives right in front of the Aspmyra Stadion. In this Leonino Exclusive, we talk to Ricardo, one of the Sporting fans, who is in the viral condominium and told us about his experience and what he expects from this Wednesday’s match.

"Basically, I had seen some videos on Bruno’s TikTok, I found his story really funny, and two days before coming here, I told Bruno: ‘Look, I’ll be there with some friends and I wanted to invite you for a drink.’ He must have found the contact strange because people usually contacted him because they wanted to stay at his place, wanted to watch the game for free. But the man said he was getting hundreds of messages. Anyway, on Monday night, we landed here (Norway), I messaged him and, when we were already catching the bus to the center, he said: ‘Are you guys 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, explaining 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 team from the Portuguese Primeira Liga—which Sporting beat not long ago. “The experience is really funny. Basically, we’re playing against the Moreirense of the Champions League and here in the Moreira de Cónegos of Norway. It’s funny to be in a building that’s built with a view of the stadium, isn’t it? So, we immediately went along with the fun,” he said.

Ricardo and his friends had the opportunity to cheer on the players during last Tuesday’s training session, 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 really 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 a victory and qualification for the quarter-finals, in which he trusts the opponent will be... Bayer Leverkusen. “I think the better team has to win, and although recent history tells us that Bodø/Glimt has achieved absolutely extraordinary results against some European giants, I think Sporting is much superior and I think we’re going to win 2-0 here. But any result, a draw or a Sporting win, is excellent for us to then go to Leverkusen,” he concluded.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.