BODO: According to The Express Tribune, Bodo/Glimt beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday, extending the Norwegian side's remarkable home record against Europe's elite.
Fredrik Sjovold scored the only goal in the 52nd minute, turning in a low cross from Sondre Auklend at the near post shortly after the break.
The hosts were the more comfortable side in the first half, with Sondre Fet and Ole Blomberg inches from scoring. Dortmund improved after coach Niko Kovac made four changes on the hour, and substitute Felix Nmecha forced a fingertip save from goalkeeper Nikita Haikin, but the visitors could not find an equaliser.
"There's nothing we can complain about, we deserved to lose," Kovac told DAZN. "We didn't bring enough passion today -- that's something Bodo did much better." Captain Waldemar Anton said each player needed to ask what the problem was, adding that the team lacked intensity in several areas.
Dortmund, the 2024 Champions League runners-up, arrived on a seven-game unbeaten run and suffered their first defeat since the season-opening German Super Cup. They join Manchester City, Inter Milan and Sporting as recent big-name casualties on the artificial turf of Bodo's Aspmyra stadium.
Bodo's run to the round of 16 last season was built on their record at the 8,200-capacity ground, officially the smallest venue in this year's competition.