The Norwegians finished 23rd with 9 points, but pulled off upsets against City and Atletico

Inter will face Bodo/Glimt, the team based just above the Arctic Circle, in the Champions League playoffs. But the Norwegians have proven that they are not only devastating on their synthetic pitch: on Wednesday, they won at Atletico Madrid. Before that, they had given Juventus a hard time, drawn with Borussia Dortmund, and won 3-1 against Guardiola’s City.
The star is Janse Petter Hauge. With four goals in eight Champions League games, former Milan player Jens Petter Hauge is Bodo Glimt’s key player. A right winger born in 1999, whose best weapons are his speed and dribbling, Hauge is aiming for a call-up to the World Cup in the United States with Norway, for whom he already has 13 caps and one goal. Kjetil Knutsen, coach since 2018, is responsible for four national titles in five years and qualification for the Champions League. Their league season ended in November and will resume in mid-March, and during this period they have only played in the Champions League. Bodo’s pitch has been artificial turf since 2006, which is usually an advantage for the home team, as is their habit of playing in the cold.