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Norway’s Bodo/Glimt pulled disconnected 1 of the astir singular results successful modern Champions League past connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026), beating past season’s runners-up Inter Milan 2-1 astatine San Siro to scope the past 16 with a 5-2 aggregate triumph, portion Newcastle United, Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen besides went through.
Bodo/Glimt, the humble outfit from northbound of the Arctic Circle, were looking to travel up their stunning 3-1 triumph past week successful Norway successful the archetypal limb of their knockout signifier play-off tie.
Inter, the three-time European champions who are presently 10 points wide astatine the apical of Serie A, were expected to pummel their visitors successful an effort to crook the necktie around. But Bodo/Glimt survived astatine the backmost earlier finishing disconnected the necktie successful the 2nd half.
Jens Petter Hauge, who played for AC Milan successful 2020/21, gave his squad the pb conscionable earlier the hr people aft a mistake by Manuel Akanji had allowed Ole Blomberg successful for an archetypal changeable which was saved.
Hakon Evjen made it 2-0 connected the nighttime and 5-1 connected aggregate, leaving Inter with excessively overmuch to do, adjacent if Alessandro Bastoni pulled 1 backmost with a changeable that conscionable crossed the line.
First Norwegian broadside to scope R16 since 1997
Bodo/Glimt, who had won 4 Norwegian Eliteserien titles successful 5 years earlier finishing arsenic runners-up past play to Viking Stavanger, are the archetypal broadside from the state to spell truthful acold successful Europe’s elite nine contention since Rosenborg reached the quarter-finals successful 1997.
“For america it’s been unbelievable. We knew it would beryllium precise hard against Inter who are a precise beardown squad and played successful the last past season,” said Hauge.
They volition find retired their last-16 opponents connected Friday but already cognize it volition either beryllium Sporting of Portugal oregon Manchester City adjacent -- they defeated City 3-1 astatine location past period during the league phase.
What makes their occurrence each the much striking is that Kjetil Knutsen’s squad are presently successful their off-season, with the Norwegian league ending successful precocious November and the caller run not opening until mid-March.
For Inter, exiting astatine this signifier is simply a bitter stroke aft they made the last past play lone to endure a 5-0 hammering astatine the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.
Six English teams successful Round of 16
Newcastle followed their 6-1 triumph distant to Qarabag successful Azerbaijan successful past week’s archetypal limb with a 3-2 triumph successful the instrumentality astatine St James’ Park, arsenic Eddie Howe’s squad ensured determination volition beryllium six English clubs successful the adjacent round.
Sandro Tonali and Joelinton some scored wrong the opening six minutes, leaving Qarabag facing different dense defeat.
However, Camilo Duran pulled 1 backmost aboriginal successful the 2nd half. Sven Botman headed successful Newcastle’s third, but Elvin Jafarguliyev made it 3-2 arsenic helium followed successful to people aft Marko Jankovic’s punishment was saved.
Newcastle tin present look guardant to a heavyweight necktie successful the adjacent circular against either Chelsea oregon Barcelona.
“I deliberation if you look astatine the people implicit the 2 legs it’s been fantastic from the players adjacent though contiguous feels similar a spot of a hollow triumph for us,” said Howe.
Sorloth hat-trick
Atletico had been held to a 3-3 gully by Club Brugge successful Belgium past week but they ran retired 4-1 winners successful Tuesday’s instrumentality successful the Spanish superior to beforehand 7-4 connected aggregate.
Norwegian striker Alexander Sorloth was the prima of the amusement with a hat-trick, including the opener midway done the archetypal fractional which came from a agelong footwear downfield by goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
Joel Ordonez headed the distant broadside level earlier the break, but USA planetary Johnny Cardoso restored Atletico’s pb conscionable aft the interval.
Sorloth scored his 2nd and Atletico’s 3rd connected the nighttime connected 76 minutes aft a superb one-two betwixt Ademola Lookman and Antoine Griezmann. Sorloth past completed his hat-trick to circular retired the scoring with his 15th of the play successful each competitions.
Diego Simeone’s squad volition play either Tottenham Hotspur oregon Liverpool successful the adjacent round.
“I’m not reasoning astir Liverpool oregon Tottenham, I’m enjoying today’s crippled and being successful the past 16 for different play is precise important,” Simeone told broadcaster Movistar.
Meanwhile, Leverkusen followed a 2-0 triumph distant to Olympiacos successful Greece past week with a 0-0 gully astatine location successful the return.
The 2024 German champions present look a immense trial adjacent against either Arsenal oregon Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich.
