Before Historic Clash With Tottenham Hotspur, FK Bodø/Glimt Stays Cool
The post Before Historic Clash With Tottenham Hotspur, FK Bodø/Glimt Stays Cool appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. ROME, ITALY – APRIL 17: FK Bodo Glmit in the center of the field they watch the penalties during the … More UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Quarter Final Second Leg match between S.S. Lazio and FK Bodo/Glimt at Stadio Olimpico on April 17, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images) Getty Images There is only one way Frode Thomassen can describe FK Bodø/Glimt’s run to the semi-finals of this season’s Europa League. “It would be wrong not to say it’s a fairytale, because it is,” the CEO of the club from northern Norway tells me in an interview. On Thursday, May 1, Bodø/Glimt travels to London to play Tottenham Hotspur in a stadium that could fit the entire 55,000 population of Bodø with space for several thousand more. The return leg will take place in Bodø (Glimt means “flash”), a town 140 miles north of the Arctic Circle, on Thursday, May 8. No Norwegian club has reached the final of a European club competition. These are not only the biggest matches in Bodø/Glimt’s 109-year history — they are arguably the biggest ever for Norwegian club soccer. The difference in revenue between Bodø/Glimt and Spurs shows the financial chasm between the clubs. Bodø/Glimt turns over about €30 million ($34.1m) annually. Spurs’ most recent accounts showed revenue of £528 million ($707.8m) — about 20 times higher. But Thomassen is not fazed. “Luckily, we do not compete about how much money we have,” he says. “We shall compete 11 against 11 on the football pitch.” A Fairytale Eight Years in the Making The Norwegian champions’ remarkable run to the semi-finals has included victories over FC Twente, Olympiacos and, in the quarter-finals, a dramatic penalty shootout win against Lazio. “I think young people, when they go into a home for the elderly…
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ROME, ITALY – APRIL 17: FK Bodo Glmit in the center of the field they watch the penalties during the … More UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Quarter Final Second Leg match between S.S. Lazio and FK Bodo/Glimt at Stadio Olimpico on April 17, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images) Getty Images There is only one way Frode Thomassen can describe FK Bodø/Glimt’s run to the semi-finals of this season’s Europa League. “It would be wrong not to say it’s a fairytale, because it is,” the CEO of the club from northern Norway tells me in an interview. On Thursday, May 1, Bodø/Glimt travels to London to play Tottenham Hotspur in a stadium that could fit the entire 55,000 population of Bodø with space for several thousand more. The return leg will take place in Bodø (Glimt means “flash”), a town 140 miles north of the Arctic Circle, on Thursday, May 8. No Norwegian club has reached the final of a European club competition. These are not only the biggest matches in Bodø/Glimt’s 109-year history — they are arguably the biggest ever for Norwegian club soccer. The difference in revenue between Bodø/Glimt and Spurs shows the financial chasm between the clubs. Bodø/Glimt turns over about €30 million ($34.1m) annually. Spurs’ most recent accounts showed revenue of £528 million ($707.8m) — about 20 times higher. But Thomassen is not fazed. “Luckily, we do not compete about how much money we have,” he says. “We shall compete 11 against 11 on the football pitch.” A Fairytale Eight Years in the Making The Norwegian champions’ remarkable run to the semi-finals has included victories over FC Twente, Olympiacos and, in the quarter-finals, a dramatic penalty shootout win against Lazio. “I think young people, when they go into a home for the elderly…
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