Soccer Football - Europa League - Quarter Final - Second Leg - Lazio v Bodo/Glimt - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - April 17, 2025 Bodo/Glimt's Patrick Berg and Bodo/Glimt's Sondre Brunstad Fet celebrate after winning the penalty shootout REUTERS/Alberto Lingria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
ROME (Reuters) -Nikita Haikin made the vital save as Bodo/Glimt pulled off a stunning penalty shoot-out win away to Lazio on Thursday to become the first Norwegian team to reach the semi-finals of the Europa League, where they will face Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.
Lazio took the lead in the 21st minute through Taty Castellanos but it took until second-half stoppage time for Tijani Noslin to squeeze in their second goal to make it 2-2 on aggregate and send the tie to extra time, with Boulaye Dia heading home to put his side 3-2 up on aggregate 10 minutes into the first period.
Stunningly, Bodo substitute Andreas Helmersen headed a goal of his own to make it 3-3 on the nightin the 109th minute, but hewas then sent off for a second yellow in the dying minutes as the tie headed to penalties after a nerve-jangling encounter.
Bodo/Glimt's Patrick Berg could have won it with his fifth kick but blasted the ball over the bar and Haikin became the hero when he saved Castellanos's effort to make it 3-2 in the shoot-out and send his side into the last four.
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor; editing by Clare Fallon)
