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On Thursday night, Bodø / Glimt will face the great Italian team AC Milan at San Siro in the third qualifying round for the Europa League.
Today, a delegation with 48 players, coaches and support staff flew from Bodø to Milan with their own direct flight.
In northern Italy, Glimt’s players find themselves under a strict crown regime the three days the team spends there.
Team Bodø number 7 Patrick Berg and the rest of Bodø / Glimt will face AC Milan at San Siro at 8:45 PM on Thursday this week.
Photo: Martin Steinholt / NRK
– There are strict restrictions on how we live and how we move. We live separately in the hotel with closed dining rooms and drive in our own buses that are sanitized, general manager Frode Thomassen tells NRK before departure.
UEFA also requires all travel and transportation to be recorded.
Managing Director Frode Thomassen at Bodø / Glimt.
Photo: Martin Steinholt / NRK
Northern Italy is among the regions of the world most affected by the coronavirus, but today the infection situation is quite good.
According to these statistics, there are 16 cases per 100,000 in the last 14 days in Milan, which is less than, for example, Oslo. But the tendency to infection is increasing.
They think they can match AC Milan
Thomassen doesn’t think the infection control situation will affect his performance on Thursday and says Glimt is ready for his biggest sporting challenge so far this year.
– We have had a good performance over time and we know it will be good to meet Milan now. We are strong against the threat that we can also match other teams in Europe, Thomassen explains.
What you find Bodø / Glimt is one of the most successful clubs in the world. AC Milan have won the Champions League seven times, most recently in 2007.
Milan also has 18 Serie A titles so far in the club’s history.
Captain Patrick Berg says they are excited.
– You’re always excited, and maybe a little more now. But we have to go out and run our own game. We shouldn’t start changing tactics just because we find such a good team.
Glimt boasts
Yesterday, Milan opened the series with 2-0 at home against Bologna.
A match in which Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored both goals.
At a post-match press conference, Milan manager Stefano Pioli had this to say about his Norwegian opponent.
– We find ourselves with a team that has not lost a game in nine months and has played 20 league games without losing, says the Milan coach.
– They are young and fast, so we have to recover after this match. We need an achievement worthy of AC Milan. Then we will move on from that game, Pioli continues.
Milan coach Stefano Piolo has made me realize that Glimt’s forwards are young and fast.
Photo: acmilan.com
Italian press on Glimt
The Italian sports press has also witnessed Glimt’s success in the national series.
But La Gazetta dello sport, which is the most widely read newspaper in Italy, has also discovered what is behind the impressive winning streak.
«Bodø / Glimt, who flies in the league: undefeated, with 62 goals scored and a class ’99 with a guaranteed future. And there is more: artificial children, yellow toothbrushes and a former fighter pilot who acts as a motivator, ”the newspaper wrote today.
The newspaper singles out Zinckernagel, Junker and Jens Petter Hauge as dangerous forwards.
Of the most curious content in the report, a full section on the history of Glimt’s yellow toothbrush is reproduced here directly from Google Translate.
“In a second division game, Arnulf Bendixen brought a toothbrush to the stadium with which he conducted the choirs and imitated the baton of a conductor.
That toothbrush was yellow like Bodø and it has become a trend. The stores sell as many and before every home game at Aspmyra Stadium, the Yellow Horde gives one to the opposing captain. “
Tonight Glimt published this post:
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