Ulrik Saltnes threw a late key, but Tottenham will still have faith to reach the Europa League final after a 3-1 win over Bodo/Glimt.
Match report
Brennan Johnson set the tone for an excellent Spurs version when after just 38 seconds he nodded from close by, after an excellent header over Richarlison's goal.
James Maddison then doubled the home team's lead after 34 minutes, which brought a beautiful Pedro Porro pass under his spell and a low effort shot in the far corner.
The game was brought to bed after an hour when Cristian Romero was caught by Fredrik Sjovold in the area and after a VAR review a penalty was awarded.
Dominic Solanke stepped up, stuttered and hit the ball home to give Spurs an impressive 3-0 lead.
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Nevertheless, a relevant injury for Maddison was subsequently succeeded by a Bodo/Glimt goal.
From the first shot of the visitors to goal, Saltnes shot a deflected attempt from Rodrigo Bentancur to reduce the shortage to two and the traveling Norwegians to give a spark of hope for next week's return bone.
Data Debrief: Dominant traces to book a date with fate?
The opener of Johnson is the fastest goal in a semi-final of the Europa League at 38 seconds, with the record that was previously held by Ansgar Knauff for Eintracht Frankfurt V West Ham in 2022 (0:50), and it was exactly the start of the Ange Postecoglou team.
It paved the way for a dominant display, where tracks had 24 shots, getting seven on goal and opportunities worth 3.04 expected goals for Bodo/Glimt's 0.26.
Yet there are only two goals in which the Norwegian team scored in their last 13 Europa League matches, and they have hope for the second stage.
If Tottenham did the work in Norway next week, they would, however, reach a European final for the first time since 2019, when they had a final defeat of Champions League against Liverpool. The club has not won a big trophy for 17 years, since he fuss the EFL cup in 2008.
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
1 'goal! Brennan Johnson appears to go into the net! Tottenham 1-0 Bodo shines
23 'Porro breaks to Bissouma, but he beats the volley miles over the bar!
30 'The finish of Udogie is hectic and high while the shot miles over rigging!
32 'Match event for Tottenham vs Bodo Glimt
34 'goal! Maddison takes it around the defender and scores! Tottenham 2-0 Bodo shines
39 'Match event for Tottenham vs Bodo Glimt
40 'Thomas Tuchel is in the stands Live!
54 'Highlight of Tottenham vs Bodo Glimt
61 'Criminal goal! Solanke rolls the ball to the keeper of the keeper! Tottenham 3-0 Bodo shines
65 'Kulusevski is on for Maddison, with Auklend Maatta replacing for the visitors!
70 'Highlight of Tottenham vs Bodo Glimt
83 'goal! The finish of Saltnes takes deflection beyond Vicario! Tottenham 3-1 Bodo shines
Line-ups
Tottenham XI: Maddison, Solanke, Vicario, Bentancur, Richarlison, Bissouma, Cristian Romero, Porro, Udojie, Brennan Johnson, van de Ven
Subs: Ben Davies, Danso, Whiteman, Austin, Kulusevski, Spence, Pape Sarr, Tel, Odobert, Gray, Moore
Bodo Glimt XI: Ulrik Saltnes, Sondre Brunstad Fet, Jostein Gundersen, Nikita Haikin, Fredrik Bjørkan, Jens Petter Huge, Kasper Høgh, Ole Didrik Blomberg, Isak Dybvik Mätätätsen
Subs: wide tired, Sondre Sørli, Julian Faye Lund, Odin Bjørtft, Sondre Auklend, Jeppe Kjær, Magnus Brøndbo, Mikkel Bro Hansen