FK Bodø/Glimt: the history and community behind the headlines
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The episode explores the history and community of FK Bodø/Glimt, a soccer team from Bodø, Norway, highlighting their recent achievements in European competitions.
Bodø/Glimt, the team from the town of Bodø north of the polar circle, counting around 45,000 inhabitants, made it to the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League this season. After beating Atletico Madrid, Manchester City and Inter Milan, they got eliminated by Sporting, from Lisbon two weeks ago. All that comes on the heels of some previous runs in the Conference and Europa League. What’s even more remarkable however: this isn’t the Cindarella story with a rich sugardaddy in the ...
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