Bodo/Glimt-Lazio 2-0: Saltnes scores two and gives the Norwegians the first leg

Bodo 10 April 2025 - The snow freezes Lazio's legs and instead exalts those of Bodo / GlimtIn the first leg of this quarter-final, the team from the capital fell 2-0 in Norway, thanks to a brace from Saltnes and grant the Scandinavian team their first match. Two goals to recover and the awareness that the deficit could have been even heavier without the saves of mandas. So many headaches for Baroni, who will have to overturn the passage of the round in the return match.

First half

For the challenge against the Biancocelesti Knutsen confirms in full the formation hypothesized on the eve. In goal there is Haikin, protected by the central pair Gundersen e Bjortft, while they run on the lanes Sjovold e Bjorkhan. In the middle the captain Mountain is flanked by The river e Saltnes. In attack High is the first tip, supported by Blomberg e Height. In the white and blue house, however, there is still mandas between the posts, with Crazy e Romangoli at the centre of the department. Hysaj returns to the starting lineup on right wing, with Marusic on the left, while in the middle there are Guendouzi e VecinoThe attacking midfield line is made up of Isaac, Pedro e Weather in Zaccagni which move behind Day. 

Norway was hit by heavy snowfall during the day, with video emerging of the Aspmyra Stadion completely covered in white. The game was never in doubt, thanks to the synthetic turf, but this did make things a little more difficult for the Lazio, who struggles to get used to the playing surface, as well as the rigid Scandinavian temperatures. Try to take advantage of it Bodo / Glimt, dangerous already in the 6th minute of the game. Excessive confidence on the part of Weather in Zaccagni on the way out, the hosts recover the ball high up the pitch: Mountain transmits for Height, who tries to finish on the turn, but mandas he stretches to his left and deflects the ball into a corner.

The pressure from the yellow and blacks is very high, the white and sky blues are in difficulty and are unable to show their superior technical quality. The intensity of the home team is high, but at the same time it fails to translate into great goal opportunities. mandas always keeps a good watch over his penalty area and must not get his gloves too dirty. Few emotions in general in the central phase of the first half, among the many errors of the Lazio in seeking the depth and the impossibility for the Bodo / Glimt to break through the Capitoline defensive line. The game is not dull, however, there is physicality and competitiveness on the pitch, with great correctness from both teams.

Around the 30th minute the match lights up with several noteworthy occasions. First the Norwegians at the 32nd minute see Blomberg completely botch the conclusion, after the perfect suggestion of High, who had essentially awarded him a penalty in motion. Three minutes later the first yellow of the match arrives, he receives it Weather in Zaccagni, for a foul on The river, and in the 38th minute instead comes the biggest opportunity of the first half for the Biancocelesti. In fact, on a corner kick he rises above the penalty area Weather in Zaccagni, but Haikin he stretches out and clears the ball away from his own goal. Before the final whistle Oliver there is still a chance for the home team, but the right-footed shot Mountain fails to find the target. At the 45th minute, the first half of the game ends like this, the score still stands at 0-0 between Bodo / Glimt e Lazio.

Second half

The match resumes with two changes for the Biancoceleste: Dele Bashiru e Lazzari, they don't leave the locker rooms instead Day e Hysaj, with Baroni that gives up a fixed reference forward. The burning start, however, is that of the home team. Bad ball lost by Marusic, which launches the Norwegian counterattack led by Mountain. The action develops centrally, until it reaches the insertion of Saltnes, which resists Romagnoli and with his right he displaces mandas for the Scandinavian advantage. The minute is 47' and the Bodo / Glimt is ahead 1-0 on Lazio.

However, the white and sky blues try to react immediately. The white and sky blues, after having defended for a long time, try to take control of the ball possession. They try to trigger the force of Dele Bashiru and the quality of Isaksen, but the Lazio lacks quality in the final meters. The Bodo / Glimt on the contrary, it closes ranks and begins to play on the counterattack, highlighting the quality of its players in counterattacks. The yellow and blacks have plenty of opportunities, but each time the conclusion is imprecise: the attempts both of Height, Both Saltnes in fact they don't find the goal mirror, ending up high. Baroni he is not satisfied with the way his Lazio is positioned on the pitch and so he tries to give it a shake-up by fielding Castilians, instead of Pedro.

However, Lazio is suffering, Bodo / Glimt instead he is launched by enthusiasm and continues to crush the Biancocelesti at the edge of his own penalty area, until, in the 70th minute, the Capitoline rearguard gives in again. Two wonderful spoons score a deserved goal for the Norwegians, who are limiting the Biancocelesti's goal-scoring opportunities to zero in the second half. First Height gets rid of Vecino, then with a touch underneath he sets in motion the insertion of Saltnes again, who in front of mandas, taking advantage of the ball's bounce, touches it again underneath to also go over mandas and put in the goal. The recovery of is useless Romagnoli, the defender arrives too late, with the ball having already largely crossed the goal line. The result therefore becomes 2-0, Lazio in great difficulty under the blows of the Bodo / Glimt. 

The Biancocelesti are unable to react to the double advantage, they seem to be at the mercy of their rivals. At 72' he is also cautioned Castilians, for a late intervention on Gundersen. The challenge thus enters its final ten minutes, with the entries of noslin e Tchaouna for Isaac e Weather in Zaccagni. In home Bodo / Glimt instead he comes in Helmersen for HighThe final rush should see the Lazio looking for the net to make the deficit less heavy, but it is still the Norwegian team that goes very close to the third goal. In the 83rd minute it is super in fact mandas, when he denies to Saltnes the hat-trick, after the Norwegian found himself alone in front of the Greek goalkeeper. 

Just before the 90th minute, the last changes for the Norwegians also arrive, with the entrances of Maatta e Brunstad Fet, which they note Blomberg and Saltnes, greeted by a standing ovation at the Aspmyra Stadion. At minute 88' Tchaouna has the clearest chance of the second half for Lazio, but his left-footed shot from the edge of the area goes high over the crossbar. In injury time another super mandas to deny the Norwegians a third goal, this time on a close-range attempt by Bojrttut. In addition to the warning of Romagnoli, are the last actions of the match, which ends after 3 minutes of recovery. The Lazio falls in Norway, defeated 2-0 by Bodo / Glimt and at the Olimpico he will have to overturn this acquired disadvantage.