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Because nobody ever mentions them when the subject of Bodø/Glimt comes up, Football Daily knows neither the imaginary line of latitude they are located within nor the population of the small Norwegian town they call home. Despite our lack of knowledge, we remain mightily impressed by their scorching recent run of form in Bigger Cup. While the one major blot on their copybook in their maiden campaign remains a draw with Tottenham in a match they really ought to have won pulling a sled, Bodø/Glimt have put that particular embarrassment behind them to record five successive wins in Europe’s top-tier competition, not so much bloodying the noses of Manchester City, Atlético Madrid, Inter (twice) and Sporting as splattering their lofty reputations all over the back pages like a dropped tub of herring guts.
Given the outstanding quality of their performances leading into Wednesday’s win over the Portuguese champions, the only surprise about their latest emphatic victory is that it still had the capacity to surprise folk who haven’t been keeping tabs on their progress through the competition. Not for the first, second, third or even fourth time this year, their players greeted the final whistle with little more than knowing smiles and nods of acknowledgement for a job well done. Football Daily has often embarked on wilder celebrations upon the successful completion of Wordle or our fortnightly Big Shop with the very bare minimum of fuss.
