Bodo/Glimt could now have four key players absent for the first leg of their upcoming Europa League semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur.
Spurs are set to meet the Norwegian champions over two legs in early May with a spot in the final at Estadio de San Mames up for grabs against either Athletic Club or Manchester United. The Lilywhites beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 on aggregate this past Thursday, but were swiftly brought back down to earth on Monday.
In the final fixture of gameweek 33, Nottingham Forest beat Spurs 2-1 with Ange Postecoglou resting a number of key players. Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke were among those to play a limited role while Destiny Udogie and James Maddison did not feature at all.
Four days on from their own European heroics against Lazio, Bodo/Glimt suffered a surprise blow as they let a two-goal lead slip away at Molde in Eliteserien action. It was a strong first half from Kjetil Knutsen's side as they went 2-0 up but the hosts fought back to pick up their first point of the season.
Alongside losing out on two points, Ole Blomberg left the clash after just 15 minutes due to injury. It is unclear whether the issue was muscular or impact but it was serious enough to see him taken off.
The Norwegian giants play twice before the first leg at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and therefore clarity on his fitness is expected to emerge soon. If the 24-year-old cannot feature, he will join captain Patrick Berg, Hakon Evjen and Andreas Helmersen as players that will miss the first leg.
The latter, having scored the decisive goal that took their quarter-final to penalties, was sent off, while the other two are suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards.
It could have been far worse for Bodo/Glimt however, with Fredrik Bjorkan, Jostein Gundersen, Fredrik Sjovold and Isak Matta at risk of being banned, but they all avoided bookings and thus cannot be suspended going forward unless they are sent off, according to Article 52.04 of UEFA's handbook.
"Exceptionally, all yellow cards and pending yellow-card suspensions expire on completion of the play-offs," it states. "They are not carried forward to the group stage. In addition, all yellow cards expire on completion of the quarter-finals. They are not carried forward to the semi-finals."
Yellow cards during the second leg for any of Yves Bissouma, Lucas Bergvall or Dejan Kulusevski would've also seen them miss out but thankfully for Postecoglou, only Romero and Rodrigo Bentancur were booked.