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Sporting CP defeated Bodo/Glimt 5-0 in the Champions League round of 16 second leg in Lisbon to advance to the quarter-finals 5-3 on aggregate.
In the Champions League this week, more than half of the last-16 second legs will see one team bid to overturn a deficit of three goals or more.
The quarter-finals have begun to take shape as four UEFA Champions League round of 16 ties concluded on Tuesday.
Sporting beat Bodo/Glimt 5-0 after extra time, and go through with a 5-3 aggregate victory. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Sporting Lisbon became the fifth team to overturn a three-goal first-leg deficit to progress in the Champions League knockout rounds with a 5-3 aggregate win over Bodo/Glimt.
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Bodø/Glimt’s fairytale run in the Champions League is over. The Norwegian club from a fishing town of around 55,000 people north of the Arctic Circle was beaten 5-0 by Sporting Lisbon after extra time in the second leg of the round of 16 on Tuesday and was eliminated 5-3 on aggregate.
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