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| BBC Report UEFA Report Tottenham Hotspur won 5–1 on aggregate. | |||||||
| Event | 2024–25 UEFA Europa League | ||||||
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| Date | Thursday 8 May 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø | ||||||
| Referee | Maurizio Mariani (Italy) | ||||||
| Attendance | 8,030 | ||||||
| Weather | 7 °C (44 °F) Humidity:88% Wind:13 km/ h | ||||||
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Bodø-Glimt v Tottenham Hotspur was a match which took place at the Aspmyra Stadion on Thursday 8 May 2025. The match will be shown live on 
at 8:00pm BST.
Preview[]
Up until the 83rd minute of the first leg in north London it looked as though Bodø's heroic European journey would be coming to a valiant end as they were outclassed by Tottenham and fell to what looked like being an insurmountable 3-0 deficit.
But if there is one thing we have learned about this Norwegian outfit it is that they never give up, and Ulrik Saltnes' priceless late deflected strike means that Kjetil Knutsen's side will now begin the second leg with a spring in their step and renewed hope that they can enjoy yet another famous night at Aspmyra.
"It was so important," Knutsen said of that goal. "It gives us hope for the home game, because at 3-0 I think we are out – that’s too big a gap. If we learn a lot from this game, maybe we can play better at home and take them on in the next game."
Indeed, there are still plenty of reasons for Bodø optimism: in this tournament they have already beaten Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Twente, Olympiacos and Lazio at home by a two-goal margin or more, while they will also welcome the return of three key players, captain Patrick Berg, Håkon Evjen and Andreas Helmersen, who were all suspended for the first leg.
For Spurs, meanwhile, it looked set to be a perfect night in front of a raucous home crowd when Brennan Johnson headed them into the lead after just 39 seconds. But the victory had just a little of the gloss taken off it by that Bodø goal, with what seemed a commanding lead suddenly far more perilous.
"I don't think the scoreline reflects our dominance, but at the end of the first leg, all you want is to be in a good position and we've got ourselves into a good position," coach Ange Postecoglou said pragmatically, and Spurs are still strong favourites to progress to a first final in this competition since they won the 1984 UEFA Cup.
They will be keen to learn from past experiences, however. On only nine occasions in the 14-year history of the Europa League have a team recovered from a two-goal first-leg deficit to progress, and Spurs were involved in one of them as they blew a 2-0 first-leg advantage over Dinamo Zagreb to lose 3-2 on aggregate in the 2020/21 round of 16.
It doesn't sound like they will be allowing any complacency to creep in, though, with defender Pedro Porro telling UEFA: "3-1 in a semi-final is a good result, but we need to be at 100% for the [second leg], because the other team are good and we have respect for them."
Match report[]
Tottenham will face Manchester United in the Europa League final as they cruised past Bodo/Glimt to stay in the hunt for a first European title in 41 years.
Ange Postecoglou's men navigated a tricky semi-final second leg in Norway to reach their sixth European final - and first since the 2019 Champions League final.
Dominic Solanke and Pedro Porro struck in the second half to seal a 5-1 aggregate success and confirm an all-English showdown with United in Bilbao on 21 May.
Spurs' trophy drought stretches to a League Cup triumph in 2008, but further back to 1984 in Europe when they won the Uefa Cup.
Postecoglou's bold statement in September that he always wins silverware in his second season at a club had been met with mockery at times this term, with Tottenham 16th in the Premier League.
Yet they are now one game away from ending their barren spell to prove the Australian right, despite their abject domestic season.
They succeeded without the injured James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall and Heung-min Son in what was a historic game for the hosts, who had never reached a European semi-final before.
The 3-1 home first-leg win last week gave Spurs a cushion and they managed the return expertly, limiting energetic Bodo to few opportunities on the artificial pitch.
The hosts, who knocked out Lazio in the quarter-final and beat Porto at home, needed an early goal but it never came, with Guglielmo Vicario turning away Patrick Berg's free kick.
A textbook tight opening half gave way to a controlled second as fears Tottenham would freeze in the Arctic Circle proved unfounded.
Full-back Destiny Udogie thwarted Kasper Hogh, but Solanke put the tie further out of reach after 63 minutes when he poked in from close range from a Cristian Romero knockdown.
Six minutes later Porro's looping cross dropped in off the post to end any Bodo hopes, with the Norwegian side having an injury-time penalty overturned by the video assistant referee (VAR).
It never gets completely dark in Bodo at this time of year and the light has refused to go out on Tottenham's season.
Around 75 miles inside the Arctic Circle, Spurs remained ice cold to execute a professional performance and crush any pre-match expectations that Bodo/Glimt would make life difficult for them.
All the signs pointed to a tough night, with the hosts having lost just once in Europe at home this season and brushed aside Lazio 2-0 in the last eight.
Yet the nerves, the anxiety, drama, calamity and disappointment – everything which could be levelled at Postecoglou's side this season – never came. Even Bodo/Glimt's late penalty award was overturned after Porro was deemed to have won the ball.
Tottenham contained Bodo/Glimt well took total control once Solanke's perfect poacher's strike gave them a three-goal cushion.
The visitors took risk-taking out of the equation and, therefore, could reap the rewards in Bilbao against Ruben Amorim's men.
Match[]
Details[]
| 8 May 2025 21:00 (20:00 UTC+1) 7 °C (44 °F) live on |
 Bodø-Glimt
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0–2 | Tottenham 
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Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø Attendance: 8,030 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy) |
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| BBC Report UEFA Report |
Solanke  63'Porro 69'
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Match Stats[]
| Overall | Bodø / Glimt | Tottenham Hotspur |
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| Goals scored | 0 | 2 |
| Total shots | 7 | 8 |
| Shots on target | 2 | 3 |
| Ball possession | 69% | 31% |
| Corner kicks | 3 | 8 |
| Fouls committed | 8 | 10 |
See also[]
External links[]
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