Does the artificial pitch give them some advantage I wonder…
Wow a third goal..
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OMG !!!
3-1 ! (why is the body not clear, stupid program)
Sure it does, as they are used to playing on it.
But that is just one of many factors. I remind you that they beat Atlethico Madrid away. Which is something no one usually does.
Edit: Rambler, I must almost send in a protest against your new avatar 
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(joking obviously 
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Erm…I do moisturise you know…
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But anyway, if we want to talk about conditions, I think the darkness and the cold weather is a bigger factor than the pitch (which is a very, very good artifical pitch, but of course still artificial).
Most teams who play against Bodø get used to the pitch and how the ball rolls slightly differently after the first half. And this is the second. Imo, pitch not very interesting as an excuse. They had the option to train there.
Anyway, I stabbed myself with the knife by accident now when I cut onions while watching the game (not deep, just a wee bit of blood), so I know I am alive and that this is actually happening. It should not be happening, because if this result stands, one of the world’s best teams (Roman Legion) migth actually get kicked out by Asterix here. Internazionale is a super, super team, after all.
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3-1 Full Time.
Not sure what to say really other than it being spectacular. I don’t really remember a similar tale, as surely this is far more remarkable rise over the last few years and cannot be compared to for instance Hellas winning the Euro on a one off.
Honestly pretty cool. Incidentally it is a Norwegian team that I know well, but it would have been awesome no matter where Glimt was from.
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Masculinity thread 
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Club Brugge 3-3 Atlético Madrid. AM was in front 0-2 and 2-3. Did not watch any matches, but seems like no one did any defending?
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Positive for us 
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Most accurate comment from today:
https://x.com/jessimceh/status/2024252492477759563
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You must be in dreamland right now I could not believe it when I saw MOTD. Good luck in the return leg!
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It’s quite funny and absurd, you are quite right about that !
Mind you, I am not truly a Bodø fan. I am just insanely impressed with their journey and happen to know the team relatively well.
When I was in the army, I was stationed up there. I did attend a couple of their games then. Not that they were this good then !
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Kjetil Knutsen is very amusing (the Glmit manager). He said to the Norwegian media that he was very unhappy with the team performance and that this was far from as good as against City, Madrid or Dortmund; but the Italian journalist sounds like she is struck to the earth by lightning when she hears him voice some disappointment 
Very amusing interview.
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It’s fantastic indeed. Well done. 
There have been other examples though. I can remember a team from Cyprus reaching the last eight, it was APOEL I think. Must have been ten years ago or so.
Let’s see if Glimt can achieve the same this year. 
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But that’s not comparable, mate (at least I don’t understand it)
Not sure you understand Bodø’s journery tbh! I am hardly talking about this year alone
Googling also shows that APOEL has never been in the knock out stage in the Champions League.
I honestly think that with a comment like that, comparing Glimt with the most-winning Kypriotic team in history, you really don’t get how absurd this is. You should read about Glimt really.
It’s comparable in the sense that both clubs come from really small European leagues and have mini-budgets compared to the usual heavyweights.
And yeah, APOEL made it to the last eight, I’ve found it now. Real Madrid beat them in the quarters. It was in 2012.
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I thought APOEL was in the UEFA league in final 8, but doesn’t matter. It wasn’t what I was talking about.
I don’t think we are on the same wave-lenght here. You speak of a minnow going deep in the champion league once, I speak of a journery unlike what football has seen for many decades. We are not talking about the same thing at all.
This is what I am talking about. But agree APOEL’s story is amazing, but I doubt there are only 40 000 people in Nicosia. I also doubt that the budget of APOEL was anywhwere close to as low as Bodø’s when they started their rise, as APOEL (I know it wasn’t). Again, there isn’t a rich uncle in Bodø. It’s literally a just a little team from a little town, they have made every penny they now had from sports results alone.
And that was why I didn’t get your comparsion
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