Game is over and the final score is Napoli 4-3 Bodo Glimt. McTominay scored twice, Politano fueled the winning atmosphere with 1 goal + 1 assist.
2026/2027 UEFA Champions League
4-3
Match Report:
Scott McTominay came to the rescue with two goals, as Napoli got their first Champions League points with a 4-3 thriller against Bodo/Glimt, taking the lead after 54 seconds.
The Partenopei were in crisis after losing both Champions League games to Arsenal and Villarreal, then falling 1-0 to rock bottom Serie A side Venezia on Saturday. Alisson Santos was the latest addition to the injury list with Antonio Vergara, David Neres, Costantino Favasuli and Alessandro Buongiorno, but Frank Anguissa got his first start since September 5 and Kevin De Bruyne was again made to be a playmaker.
Bodo/Glimt knocked Inter out in the play-offs last season, starting this term with a 5-0 loss at Bayern Munich and 1-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund. Odin Bjortuft returned from suspension, though Hakon Evjen, August Mikkelsen and Magnus Riisnaes were still sidelined.
It was truly the perfect start, as within 54 seconds Leonardo Spinazzola stood up a cross for the spectacular Matteo Politano left-foot volley from 12 yards into the roof of the net.
Noa Lang stung the goalkeeper’s gloves after a long spell of possession, as did Giovanni Di Lorenzo from the edge of the area, but Alex Meret almost gifted a goal with a poor pass out from the back, rescued by the deeper than usual Kevin De Bruyne.
Scott McTominay and Rasmus Hojlund struck the side-netting after getting away down the left, with Lang denied by a desperate save from eight yards.
Instead, Bodo/Glimt equalised at the end of a well-worked team move, Sondre Brunstad Fet laying it off for ex-Milan winger Jens Petter Hauge to bend the first-time finish into the far bottom corner off the inside of the right foot from 16 yards.
Bodo/Glimt then took control of the match, dominating possession and threatening to take the lead when Meret was almost left stranded by misreading the flight of the ball, scrambling an Ole Didrik Blomberg pull-back under control.
Napoli got back in front before half-time with McTominay’s first goal of the season, not to mention his first since undergoing heart surgery. He completed a quick give and go with De Bruyne, aided by the smart Lang dummy, and the finish took a big deflection off Jostein Gundersen to wrongfoot Nikita Haikin.
De Bruyne might not like the deeper playmaker role, but his pass sent Politano down the right to test the goalkeeper moments later.
Meret made a huge save to prevent Bodo/Glimt going 3-2 up on 66 minutes, getting down quickly to palm Patrick Berg daisy-cutter round the upright.
Lang cut inside to test Haikin, but just as the Norwegians were dominating possession and frustrating the crowd, McTominay rose at the back post to nod in a Politano cross and restore Napoli’s lead.
It was wide open to the end, as Giovane harassed Sjovold into an error near the corner flag and his roll across for Hojlund was intercepted by Bjortuft, wrong-footing the goalkeeper.
Bodo/Glimt added a third with the final kick of the game, as the acrobatic Bjortuft volley bounced off the underside of the bar, so Sondre Brunstad Fet made sure.
Match Events
1' GOAL! Napoli 1-0 Bodo Glimt (Matteo Politano)
12' Highlight from Napoli vs Bodo Glimt
17' Match Event for Napoli vs Bodo Glimt
22' Match Event for Napoli vs Bodo Glimt
24' Highlight from Napoli vs Bodo Glimt
27' GOAL! Napoli 1-1 Bodo Glimt (Jens Petter Hauge)
42' GOAL! Napoli 2-1 Bodo Glimt (Scott McTominay)
62' GOAL! Napoli 2-2 Bodo Glimt(Andreas Helmersen)
75' GOAL! Napoli 3-2 Bodo Glimt(Scott McTominay)
88' GOAL! Napoli 4-2 Bodo Glimt(Odin Bjortuft, OG)
90'+4' GOAL! Napoli 4-3 Bodo Glimt(Sondre Brunstad Fet)
Line-ups
Napoli XI: De Bruyne, Spinazzola, Di Lorenzo, Politano, Rrahmani, Meret, Anguissa, McTominay, Lang, Rafa Marín, Højlund
Subs: Lobotka, Nikita Contini, Vanja Milinković-Savić, M.Olivera, Sam Beukema, Badiashile, Lorenzo Lucca, Gilmour, Giovane
Bodo Glimt XI: Patrick Berg, Sondre Brunstad Fet, Andreas Helmersen, Jostein Gundersen, Nikita Haikin, Fredrik Bjørkan, Jens Petter Hauge, Odin Bjørtuft, Ole Didrik Blomberg, Sondre Auklend, Fredrik Sjövold
Subs: Ulrik Saltnes, Haitam Aleesami, Julian Faye Lund, Ola Brynhildsen, Joshua Kitolano, Isak Dybvik Määttä, Joel Mvuka, Villads Nielsen
