Dele-Bashiru benched as Bodo Glimt make history at Stadio Olimpico

Super Eagles midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru watched on Bodo Glimt’s historic night as the Norwegian side became the first Norwegian team to qualify for the semi-finals of a European competition.

Bodo Glimt despite losing 3-1 in regular time, defeated the Italian side on penalties to progress to the last four.

Taty Castellanos gave Lazio the lead after 13 minutes with a sublime backheel effort from Gustav Isaksen’s pass.

Lazio’s goalkeeper Christos Mandas pulled off a brilliant save to stop Ole Bamberg’s goal-bound header.

Nikita Haikin made a couple of saves to stop Lazio from wrapping up the game in the second half as Bodo Glimt held on towards the end of the match.

However, Tijjani Noslin latched on to Alessio Romagnoli’s flicked header to double Lazio’s lead in added time of the 90 as Lazio dragged the match to extra time.

Boulaye Dia gave Lazio the lead in the 100th minute to increase Lazio’s lead.

Moments later, Andreas Helmersen gave the away side a lifeline as he pulled a goal back from a header to level the score on aggregate.

The match went into penalties and Bodo Glimt progressed into the last four with a 3-2 win.