"Bodo immediately penned Sporting back and almost opened the scoring in the eighth minute, but Jens Petter Hauge's volley from Hakon Evjen's cross went narrowly wide. Evjen was involved again soon after, but he was thwarted by the legs of visiting goalkeeper Rui Silva, with his save setting up a blistering counter led by Trincao, but when faced one-on-one with Nikita Haikin, Luis Guilherme could not find the opening goal."
"However, the hosts were handed the chance to take the lead when Fet was barged over inside the box by Georgios Vagiannidis, with the Bodo midfielder dusting himself down to coolly dispatch the resulting penalty in the 32nd minute. And it got even better for Kjetil Knutsen's side in first-half stoppage time after Hauge's deflected pass fell kindly to Blomberg, who brilliantly finished into the bottom-right corner."
"Bodo have now become only the fifth team from outside of Europe's top five leagues to win five consecutive games in the Champions League, and their free-flowing attack may well have them thinking they could achieve something even more special this season."
Bodo/Glimt secured a dominant 3-0 victory over Sporting CP in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at Aspmyra Stadion. The Norwegian side controlled the match from the start, with Sondre Fet opening the scoring from a penalty in the 32nd minute after being fouled in the box. Ole Didrik Blomberg doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time with a well-finished goal. Kasper Hogh sealed the result in the 71st minute following a dangerous cross from Jens Petter Hauge. Sporting offered limited resistance despite some second-half pressure. Bodo/Glimt's victory extends their remarkable Champions League run, becoming only the fifth team from outside Europe's top five leagues to win five consecutive games in the competition.
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