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Craig Swan

Bodo Glimt explain Celtic huddle copy as star insists they weren’t done to rile Parkhead masses

Bodo/Glimt star Hugo Vetlesen has revealed how his team are heroes of the huddle.

The Norwegians had a Celtic style gathering before Thursday's Europa Conference League game and another at the beginning of the second period.

Vetlesen and his team-mates also crowded around in the immediate aftermath of Daizen Maeda’s goal for the hosts which briefly hauled Ange Postecoglou’s team back into the first-leg clash.

Bodo responded instantly with the midfielder grabbing a third and Vetlesen explained that this was not an unusual act.

He said: “That’s what we do after every goal we concede. It’s about gathering the boys together and saying we have to be smart with what we do and we got a good response by scoring a goal.

“It was a hard game, but we knew we had a good intensity in our team and we work hard every day. We had a training camp in Spain for over a month.

“We have looked at this game, but we’ve been taking it step by step.”

Team-mate Runar Espejord opened the scoring in Glasgow’s East End as Kjetil Knutsen’s sharp young team put the hosts to the sword.

The striker was a threat throughout as the Norwegians moved to the brink of the last 16.

Espejord, though, says no-one at Bodo/Glimt is celebrating with a second leg of the tie still to come on Thursday.

He said: “We’re very focused on the performance. Considering the circumstances coming from three or four weeks of pre-season I think we did a fantastic job and it was a great effort from everyone.

“We got a bit tired after a while, but we were still sticking together as a team, keeping the structure and defending well.

“I think we did a great performance and we want to improve for next week and take that match when it comes.”

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