Just seven years ago, in 2018, Lazio missed out on Champions League football in a dramatic final matchday loss to Inter Milan at the Stadio Olimpico. In that same year, Bodø/Glimt had just been promoted back into the Eliteserien, a common instance for them as they had been yo-yoing back and forth between the first two divisions of Norwegian football for decades. Yesterday, seven years later, the boys in yellow knocked the Italian giants out of the Europa League and became the first club from Norway to qualify for a semifinal of any European competition. This story starts in 2018 for two reasons: the first, which we already mentioned, is that Bodø/Glimt had just been promoted, and the second is that the 2018 Eliteserien was their first campaign with manager Kjetil Knutsen at the wheel . Aasmund Bjørkan, who had coached the club in their 2016 relegation and subsequent 2017 promotion campaigns, stepped down from his role to take on the challenge of becoming sporting director, promoting hi...
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