Having defeated Paris Saint-Germain away from home on MD4 of the league phase, Atletico Madrid have now made it back-to-back Champions League victories as they defeated Sparta Praha 6-0 in the Czechian capital.
2024/2025 UEFA Champions League
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Match Report
It was a dream start for the visitors as they took the lead on 15 minutes. Julian Alvarez won a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area, and he proceeded to score the resulting effort with a beautiful dead-ball strike.
Just before half time, Atleti would make it 2-0 courtesy of Marcos Llorente, who scored his first goal since returning from a six-week long injury absence. That instilled breathing space for Diego Simeone’s side, who added more goals in the second period.
Alvarez would grab his second of the evening just before the hour mark, before Antoine Griezmann came off the bench to add another goal to his Champions League tally. Late on, Angel Correa added two goals in the 85th and 89th minutes to complete the scoring.
The result takes Atletico Madrid up to 10th place in the league phase standings before Tuesday’s late kick-offs. As things stand, there is a very strong chance that Los Colchoneros will remain in the competition post-January.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
9' Highlight from Sparta Prague vs Atletico
11' Match Event for Sparta Prague vs Atletico
15' GOAL! Sparta Prague 0-1 Atletico (Julián Alvarez)
27' Match Event for Sparta Prague vs Atletico
34' Highlight from Sparta Prague vs Atletico
37' Highlight from Sparta Prague vs Atletico
43' GOAL! Sparta Prague 0-2 Atletico (Marcos Llorente)
54' Highlight from Sparta Prague vs Atletico
59' GOAL! Sparta Prague 0-3 Atletico (Julián Alvarez)
67' Match Event for Sparta Prague vs Atletico
70' GOAL! Sparta Prague 0-4 Atletico (Antoine Griezmann)
78' Highlight from Sparta Prague vs Atletico
85' GOAL! Sparta Prague 0-5 Atletico (Ángel Correa)
89' GOAL! Sparta Prague 0-6 Atletico (Correa)
Line-ups
Sparta Prague XI: Qazim Laci, Lukas Haraslin, Kaan Kairinen, Filip Panák, Peter Vindahl, Tomas Wiesner, Mathias Ross, Martin Vitík, Matej Rynes, Ermal Krasniqi, Albion Rrahmani
Subs: David Pavelka, Lukas Sadilek, Vojtech Vorel, Jakub Pesek, Markus Solbakken, Victor Olatunji, Jakub Surovcik, Indrit Tuci, Krystof Danek, Dalibor Vecerka, Martin Suchomel, Lukas Penxa
Atletico XI: Oblak, Lenglet, Alexander Sørloth, De Paul, Gimenez, Llorente, Javi Galán, Conor Gallagher, Julián Alvarez, Giuliano Simeone, Pablo Barrios
Subs: Witsel, Azpilicueta, Griezmann, Koke, Musso, Correa, Reinildo Mandava, Samuel Lino, Riquelme, Antonio Gomis