Sporting CP vs Bodø/Glimt Lineups Sparked a Comeback

Few Champions League nights have flipped this fast. Sporting CP vs Bodø/Glimt lineups told two very different stories across two legs.

One team sheet set up a shock in Norway. The other launched one of the biggest comebacks in the knockout rounds.

Key Takeaways

• Sporting CP beat Bodø/Glimt 5-0 after extra time in Lisbon, winning the tie 5-3 on aggregate.
• Four Rui Borges changes to the starting lineup overturned a 3-0 first-leg deficit.
• Sporting reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 1982-83.

What do the two legs show at a glance?

Here is the full two-legged Round of 16 tie in one view.

Leg	Date and venue	Result
First leg	Wed 11 Mar 2026, Aspmyra, Bodø	Bodø/Glimt 3-0 Sporting CP
Second leg	Tue 17 Mar 2026, José Alvalade, Lisbon	Sporting CP 5-0 Bodø/Glimt (a.e.t.)
Aggregate	Across both legs	Sporting CP win 5-3

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Who started the decisive second leg?

These are the confirmed second-leg lineups that settled the tie. We grouped each XI by line so you can scan it fast.

Line	Sporting CP (4-2-3-1)	Bodø/Glimt (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper	Rui Silva	Nikita Haikin
Defence	Fresneda, Quaresma, Inácio, Araújo	Sjøvold, Bjørtuft, Gundersen, Bjørkan
Midfield	Hjulmand, Morita	Evjen, Berg, Brunstad Fet
Attack	Catamo, Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves, Suárez	Blomberg, Høgh, Hauge
Manager	Rui Borges	Kjetil Knutsen

What changed for Sporting in Lisbon?

Rui Borges made four bold swaps, and every one paid off.

1. In: Maxi Araújo for Georgios Vagiannidis.
2. In: Eduardo Quaresma for Ousmane Diomande.
3. In: Hidemasa Morita for João Simões.
4. In: Pedro Gonçalves for Luís Guilherme.

The numbers backed the call, as the ESPN match report laid out. Pedro Gonçalves alone scored twice.

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How did the first leg line up in Bodø?

Sporting CP vs Bodø/Glimt Lineups settled XI overwhelmed Sporting on home turf, as the first-leg report showed.

Line	Sporting CP (4-2-3-1)	Bodø/Glimt (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper	Rui Silva	Nikita Haikin
Defence	Vagiannidis, Diomande, Inácio, Fresneda	Sjøvold, Bjørtuft, Gundersen, Bjørkan
Midfield	João Simões, Hjulmand	Evjen, Berg, Brunstad Fet
Attack	Catamo, Trincão, Luís Guilherme, Suárez	Blomberg, Høgh, Hauge
Manager	Rui Borges	Kjetil Knutsen

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When did the goals actually go in?

Our timeline shows how Sporting turned the tie around; the full head-to-head record sits at UEFA.

Leg	Min	Scorer	Running score
1st	32′	Sondre Brunstad Fet (pen)	0-1
1st	45+1′	Ole Blomberg	0-2
1st	71′	Kasper Høgh	0-3
2nd	34′	Gonçalo Inácio	1-0
2nd	61′	Pedro Gonçalves	2-0
2nd	78′	Pedro Gonçalves (pen)	3-0
2nd	92′	Maxi Araújo	4-0
2nd	120’+	Rafael Nel	5-0

How did both teams even reach the last 16?

Both arrived on the back of statement results.

• Bodø/Glimt knocked out Manchester City, Atlético Madrid and Inter Milan as debutants.
• Sporting CP finished 7th in the league phase and beat holders Paris Saint-Germain 2-1.

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What does this mean for fans now?

For neutrals, the lesson is simple: a two-legged tie is never over at half-time. Sporting CP went on to face Arsenal in the quarter-finals.

Sporting CP vs Bodø/Glimt lineups still made history as the first Norwegian side to win five straight in the competition.

For more from our desk, see our Portugal coverage and our World Cup match reports.

Sources and further reading

UEFA: match centre
UEFA: confirmed line-ups
Sporting CP: official match report
ESPN: second-leg report
UEFA: head-to-head history

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