UCL | Inter 1-2 Bodo/Glimt (2-5 agg): Champions League nightmare

Inter crashed out of the Champions League play-offs, as Bodo/Glimt swept them aside both home and away for a 5-2 aggregate result.

The Nerazzurri had a disastrous first leg 3-1 defeat in Norway, made worse by Lautaro Martinez sustaining a soleus injury on the artificial pitch and being ruled out for a month. Hakan Calhanoglu was also sidelined, but Denzel Dumfries returned to the bench for the first time since November 9 after ankle surgery, while Davide Frattesi was preferred to Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Bodo/Glimt had a full squad to choose from after their Spanish training retreat, as the domestic duties resume on March 6, so they have only played Champions League football since September 26.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Francesco Pio Esposito nodded a Federico Dimarco cross just over in the third minute, then Dimarco’s curler after a corner was acrobatically palmed out from under the bar by Nikita Haikin.

Marcus Thuram cut inside from the left and his right-foot curler was deflected inches past the far top corner by Odin Bjortuft’s back.

Frattesi’s header at the near post on a Dimarco corner was also well saved from six yards, while Esposito and Alessandro Bastoni nodded just over.

Piotr Zielinski blasted wide from distance after nutmegging Hakon Evjen, while Yann Sommer still had to make a save on the relatively free Evjen header.

Berg charged down a Frattesi cross with his armpit inside the penalty area, then Kasper Hogh’s sliding tackle on Barella got the ball.

After the restart, Dimarco’s free kick was straight at Haikin, then an acrobatic Frattesi volley was put out for a corner before Thuram could pounce.

Thuram surged forward only to hesitate and his shot was charged down by the sprinting Bjortuft, but the situation went from bad to worse.

A sloppy mistake at the back and Bodo/Glimt extend their aggregate lead at the San Siro @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/avPJZduFFw

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) February 24, 2026

A few minutes after he’d needed a large bandage on a cut eyebrow, Manuel Akanji gave the ball away horribly on the edge of his own penalty area to Ole Didrik Blomberg, who forced a great save out of Sommer, but Jens-Petter Hauge was ready on the rebound.

Akanji tried to make up for it with a deflected header on a corner, but Berg cleared off the line. On another corner situation, the former Manchester City defender’s finish bounced off the upright through a sea of legs, Thuram flicking the rebound wide with his back to goal.

Bodo/Glimt double their advantage and now lead Inter 5-1 on aggregate @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/cF5hvVCmeD

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) February 24, 2026

Instead, Bodo/Glimt extended their aggregate lead to 5-1, as Evjen’s excellent first touch controlled the Hauge cross from the right and then his right-foot angled drive found the far bottom corner.

Inter finally did get one back from a chaotic corner, as Haikin smothered the Bastoni flick only after it had already crossed the line completely.

Alessandro Bastoni pulls one back for Inter @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/rLy34uo1Zs

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) February 24, 2026

Denzel Dumfries made his comeback for the final nine few minutes, his first game since November, but it is also Inter’s last in the Champions League for this season.

Inter 1-2 Bodo/Glimt (2-5 agg)

Hauge 58 (B), Evjen 72 (B), Bastoni 77 (I)