Bodø/Glimt's Champions League Fairytale Ends in Crushing 5-0 Defeat
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Bodø/Glimt's fairytale run in the Champions League is over after a 5-0 thrashing by Sporting Lisbon in the second leg of the round of 16.
The Norwegian club, from a fishing town of around 55,000 people north of the Arctic Circle, was eliminated 5-3 on aggregate.
Sporting's stirring comeback should give some inspiration to Manchester City and Chelsea, who also faced three-goal deficits against Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
Bodø/Glimt, the northernmost team ever to play in the Champions League, charmed the world of soccer with an unlikely streak of wins in its debut campaign in Europe's top tournament.
After beating Manchester City and Atletico Madrid in the final two rounds of the league stage to squeeze into the playoff round, Bodø/Glimt defeated Inter Milan – last season's runner-up – home and away to advance to the round of 16.
A 3-0 win in its 8,000-capacity Aspmyra stadium last week didn't prove enough against Sporting, which dominated throughout in the return match and scored through Gonçalo Inácio, Pedro Gonçalves and Luis Suarez to take the game to extra time.
There, Uruguay left back Maximiliano Araújo scored in the 92nd minute to put Sporting ahead on aggregate for the first time and Bodø/Glimt had no answer. Rafael Nel added a fifth in stoppage time.
