Perhaps even more so than that triumphant night a week ago at the Aspmyra Stadion, the second 90-minute assignment was the archetypal 'David vs Goliath' match-up.
Had Inter learned their lesson?
Inter, like Manchester City and Atletico Madrid before them, had surely learned their lesson in terms of not underestimating the team from inside the Arctic Circle.
To be knocked out of the premier European competition in which they were finalists only last season would not only be a seismic embarrassment to the current Serie A leaders but would surely be the final nail in the coffin for coach Cristian Chivu, too.
Though Lautaro Martinez wasn't at full fitness for the first leg, Chivu still decided to go with his team's top scorer, but that decision backfired when the Argentinian World Cup winner was forced off.
The injury also kept him out of the game at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, meaning the line was led by Marcus Thuram, who had only two Champions League goals to his name this season.
Inter's youngest UCL starting XI this season
Jens Petter Hauge and Kasper Hogh would again be tasked with keeping the Inter backline on their toes, with the former already having five goals in what's proving to be a wonderful UCL campaign for the Norwegians.
Chivu had made six changes from the first leg, giving the Italians their youngest starting XI in a Champions League game this season (avg. age 28 years 27 days), whilst Bodo coach, Kjetil Knutsen, named an unchanged XI.
Alessandro Bastoni, a rumoured summer target for Barcelona, became the first Italian to make 50 starts for the hosts in the UCL, and overall, he is only the fifth outfield player for Inter to reach the milestone after Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso, Ivan Cordoba and Lautaro.
To say that Bodo were on the back foot in the opening half hour of the match would be an understatement to say the least.
Inter dominant from kick-off
Not only did Inter have a collective 67% possession in the first 15 minutes, but six shots in 23 minutes indicated that it was going to be a very long night indeed for the visitors.
Bodo's only saving grace was that none had found the net - despite three shots being on target - and the onslaught continued with four more efforts from Inter before Hakon Evjen managed the Norwegian's first attempt at goal in the 36th minute.
By half-time, the pattern of the game hadn't changed, and to put into perspective just how on top Inter were in an attacking sense, by the end of the game, they'd had 30 shots at goal.
Indeed, the 12 shots that the Italians had attempted in the first half were the most they'd ever had without scoring in the opening 45 minutes of a UCL knockout match on record (since 2003/04).
Akanji's error gifted Bodo the lead
Of course, if you don't take your chances, that's always going to hand the opportunity to your opponent, and that's precisely what happened.
Six more Inter attempts in the opening 10 minutes of the second half came and went before a huge mistake from Manuel Akanji ended with Hauge silencing the San Siro with the opening goal from Bodo's third attempt.
A sixth goal for the player in this season's competition wasn't just important for him in a personal sense, because it also meant that he'd broken the record for the most goals scored by a Norwegian player for a Norwegian club in a single European Cup/Champions League campaign.
Still, Inter poured forward with a collective 71% possession, and, with a number of players individually posting pass completion stats of over 90%, the hosts could hardly have done more in terms of squeezing their opponents and keeping them at bay.
Inter could hardly have done more
With Nicolo Barella winning the majority of his 10 one-on-one duels, Thuram winning nine from 12 attempted, and Francesco Esposito also winning over half of his duels, it also can't be said that Inter weren't being physically aggressive when required.
Despite an obvious dominance of proceedings, Chivu still decided on a triple substitution just after the hour mark, but 10 minutes later, Evjen waltzed through a static defence to fire past Yann Sommer and end the game as a contest.
Bastoni's first-ever UCL goal with 14 to play was little more than a consolation by that stage, and many of the Inter faithful had also already headed for the exits.
In fairness to him and his colleagues, they didn't stop trying until the final whistle, Bastoni's 116 passes on the night more than double that of any Bodo player.
No one will underestimate Bodo now
96 passes with a 90.6% accuracy, also spoke of a player doing everything possible on the night to help his team progress, but, when the dust settles, it will simply show that Bodo took their chances over two legs and Inter didn't - as simple as that.
Inter executed exactly double Bodo's final third entries (78 to 39), had 70.2% possession across the 90+ minutes, and played 357 passes in the opposition half compared to just 185 from the Norwegians...
Those and so many other stats fell in favour of the Italian giants, so if they're guilty of anything, it would be complacency in the first leg.
Bodo won't care, their delightful European story continues, and no one in their right mind will underestimate now.
