Champions League

Sporting CP score five in second leg to end dream Bodo/Glimt run

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Sporting's Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during a Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Sporting CP and Bodo Glimt in Lisbon, Portugal, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida) (Ana Brigida/AP)

Sporting CP 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.

The Portuguese club were swept aside 3-0 in the Arctic Circle last week.

But a 5-0 win after extra time at Estadio Jose Alvalade on Tuesday saw Sporting reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 1982-83.

Defender Gonçalo Inacio kick-started the fightback in the 34th minute when he headed in from a corner.

Luis Suárez squared for Pedro Gonçalves to score in the 61st minute and then levelled the tie in the 78th minute from the penalty spot.

Sporting won it in extra time as Maximiliano Araújo scored two minutes into extra time before Rafael Nel added a fifth in added time.