Bodo/Glimt, Tottenham Hotspur's Europa League semi-final opponents, have avoided being without four key players for their first meeting with Spurs thanks to a UEFA ruling.
Ange Postecoglou's men progressed to the last four of the Europa League with a 2-1 aggregate win over Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt. Dominic Solanke's penalty on Thursday meant Spurs' season was kept alive.
Bodo/Glimt reached their first-ever European semi-final by shocking Serie A side Lazio. After winning 2-0 in the first-leg, Kjetil Knutsen's men were victorious in Italy earlier this week via a penalty shoot-out.
The two teams will now face-off across two-legged semi-finals in May for a place in the Bilbao final. It will be the first-time the two sides have met, with the winners meeting one of Manchester United or Athletic Bilbao in the final.
In the first-leg, taking place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Bodo/Glimt will travel to England with no suspension worries - despite going into the second-leg quarter-final sweating over four key players.
Fredrik Bjørkan, Jostein Gundersen, Fredrik Sjøvold and Isak Määttä had all received two yellow cards in the Europa League this season and were one more away from receiving a one-match ban heading into their second-leg clash with Lazio.
However, all four, with only Määttä not starting in Italy, avoided a suspension meaning they can now play with much more freedom due to a special rule in UEFA's regulations for their three competitions.
According to UEFA's official rulebook, Article 52.04 states : "Exceptionally, all yellow cards and pending yellow-card suspensions expire on completion of the play-offs. 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."
It means if Bjørkan, Gundersen, Sjøvold or Määttä were booked against Lazio, a one-match ban would have carried over to the first-leg against Tottenham as it is only yellow cards that get wiped out, not the suspension itself.
However, the ruling means a player cannot be suspended for the final even if they pick up yellow cards in both semi-final legs. Only a red card or a dismissal for violent conduct will see players miss the final.