Bodo/Glimt major error that changed dressing room atmosphere ahead of Tottenham Europa League tie

Bodo/Glimt are going to be without a number of key players for Thursday evening's Europa League semi-final first leg clash against Tottenham. A combination of injury and suspension has limited Kjetil Knutsen's options for the game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and it may prove vital when it comes to the outcome of the tie.

. There are also question marks over Ole Blomberg's participation in the match as the winger picked up an injury this month and is now a doubt for the encounter.

On top of that, influential captain Patrick Berg is suspended for the first leg due to an accumulation of Europa League yellow cards, with midfield partner Hakon Evjen also ruled out for the same reason. Finally, Andreas Helmersen, who scored a vital goal in extra time against Lazio in the quarter-finals, is also banned after he was sent off at the Stadio Olimpico.

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On the subject of yellow cards in the Europa League and the one-match ban that follows after three cautions and every odd-numbered booking after that, Bodo/Glimt weren't fully aware of UEFA regulations due to an administrative error. , the Norwegian side were wrongly of the belief that their players could receive bookings in Rome and duly get away with it.

Speaking on the , Jonas Bergh-Johnsen, sports reporter of Viaplay, went into detail on Bodo/Glimt's absences and the big mistake that changed the atmosphere inside the dressing room after a triumphant quarter-final win over Lazio.

"Massively, and they're really worried about that for the first match," said Bergh-Johnsen on the absence of Berg and other players. "I think they were thinking maybe a 2-0, 3-1 defeat would be okay to go to Bodo/Glimt but now they are worried that it may be even worse.

"Patrick Berg is so instrumental to everything they do and they don't really have any proper backups. A few years back they had a young talent who was really good and could play there, but Patrick Berg is an ever-present in the team so it's really hard to get in there and hard to get any practice of playing that very vital role for the team.

". After that big mistake they made, I cannot understand how that is possible, because they thought they were allowed to have yellow cards in Rome [vs Lazio].

"They were told by my colleague who was doing interviews post-match in the Stadio Olimpico and she told one of the players how would it be going to Tottenham without Patrick and Hakon being suspended and he was like: 'No, no, it's not like that. After the quarter-finals, we have rules where all yellow cards disappear'.

"The suspension does not disappear, that was the mistake that someone in the administration in Bodo made. You cannot get your head around that because in such a big club with a lot of people involved in all parts in sports and administration, someone should say 'hey, this does not look right'.

"If you just read the UEFA.com preview on the match you can see five players from Lazio and four players from Bodo/Glimt being in danger of missing the semi-finals if they get the yellow card. It's incredible. The atmosphere in the dressing room kind of changed after the news from Viaplay that you're going to miss a couple of your absolute key players in the first leg."

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