Sporting Lisbon produced a remarkable turnaround to beat Bodø/Glimt 5-0 after extra time in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, advancing with a 5-3 aggregate victory. Trailing 3-0 from the first leg in Norway, the Portuguese champions needed a commanding performance and delivered in front of a raucous home crowd.
Gonçalo Inácio headed in Francisco Trincão's corner in the 34th minute to give Sporting the lead. Bodø/Glimt hit the crossbar through Odin Bjørtuft before half-time, but Sporting doubled their advantage in the 61st minute when Pedro Gonçalves swept in Luis Suárez's cross. The hosts levelled the tie in the 78th minute when Suárez converted a penalty after a VAR review for handball.
Sporting needed less than two minutes of extra time to score a fourth, with Maxi Araújo slotting in after a scramble. Substitute Rafael Nel added a fifth in added time to seal the win. “We always believed that, with the help of this amazing crowd, we would be able to make it,” Araújo said. “It was amazing, we put on a great effort and that paid off.”
Bodø/Glimt had enjoyed a fairytale run to the last 16, beating Manchester City, Atlético Madrid and Inter Milan twice before comfortably winning the first leg. However, Sporting came flying out of the gate and created 11 chances in the opening 15 minutes, though they squandered three clear opportunities before Inácio's header broke the deadlock.
