UEFA Champions League

Sparta Prague vs Atlético Madrid, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

· UEFA Champions League
Sparta Prague
    FT
    0 - 6
    Atlético Madrid
    • 15': Julián Álvarez
    • 43': Marcos Llorente
    • 59': Julián Álvarez
    • 70': Antoine Griezmann
    • 85': Ángel Correa
    • 89': Ángel Correa

    Álvarez gets on track as Atlético Madrid trounce Sparta Prague

    Argentina forward Julián Álvarez and substitute Angel Correa scored two goals each while Marcos Llorente and Antoine Griezmann added to the feast as Atlético Madrid thumped home side Sparta Prague 6-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt saved. Kaan Kairinen (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lukás Haraslín.
    • 3': Foul by Ermal Krasniqi (Sparta Prague).
    • 3': Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 5': Foul by Martin Vitík (Sparta Prague).
    • 5': Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 7': Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Tomás Wiesner (Sparta Prague).
    • 10': Attempt missed. Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Julián Alvarez.
    • 10': Foul by Mathias Ross (Sparta Prague).
    • 10': Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul with a cross.
    • 13': Foul by Ermal Krasniqi (Sparta Prague).
    • 13': Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Tomás Wiesner (Sparta Prague).
    • 14': Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Goal! Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 1. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
    • 20': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Tomás Wiesner.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul following a corner.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Javi Galán with a headed pass.
    • 23': Foul by Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid).
    • 23': Matej Rynes (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid).
    • 24': Lukás Haraslín (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Filip Panák (Sparta Prague) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kaan Kairinen with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Lukás Haraslín (Sparta Prague).
    • 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 27': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Jakub Pesek replaces Lukás Haraslín because of an injury.
    • 28': Hand ball by Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid).
    • 29': Foul by Tomás Wiesner (Sparta Prague).
    • 29': Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (Sparta Prague).
    • 30': Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julián Alvarez.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Julián Alvarez.
    • 37': Attempt saved. Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julián Alvarez.
    • 37': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Peter Vindahl.
    • 38': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Filip Panák.
    • 38': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Clément Lenglet is caught offside.
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul.
    • 42': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Mathias Ross.
    • 43': Goal! Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 2. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Conor Gallagher following a corner.
    • 44': Foul by Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid).
    • 44': Jakub Pesek (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Filip Panák (Sparta Prague) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Qazim Laçi.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid).
    • 45'+1': Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Giuliano Simeone.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 2.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 2.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul.
    • 49': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Conor Gallagher is caught offside.
    • 51': Ermal Krasniqi (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid).
    • 51': Foul by Jakub Pesek (Sparta Prague).
    • 51': Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 52': Foul by Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid).
    • 52': Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth.
    • 56': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Mathias Ross.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Barrios following a corner.
    • 59': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Antoine Griezmann replaces Alexander Sørloth.
    • 59': Goal! Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 3. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giuliano Simeone with a through ball.
    • 60': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Victor Olatunji replaces Albion Rrahmani.
    • 61': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Indrit Tuci replaces Ermal Krasniqi.
    • 63': Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Foul by Tomás Wiesner (Sparta Prague).
    • 64': Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 64': Foul by Martin Vitík (Sparta Prague).
    • 65': Foul by Jakub Pesek (Sparta Prague).
    • 65': Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Jakub Pesek (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Llorente.
    • 67': Foul by Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid).
    • 67': Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 70': Goal! Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 4. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcos Llorente.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Javi Galán.
    • 79': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Koke replaces Pablo Barrios.
    • 79': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Samuel Lino replaces Rodrigo De Paul.
    • 79': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo Riquelme replaces Giuliano Simeone.
    • 79': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Julián Alvarez.
    • 79': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Markus Solbakken replaces Qazim Laçi.
    • 79': Substitution, Sparta Prague. David Pavelka replaces Jakub Pesek.
    • 82': Attempt blocked. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Koke.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Victor Olatunji (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a fast break.
    • 83': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo Riquelme.
    • 85': Goal! Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 5. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Lino with a cross.
    • 88': Foul by Clément Lenglet (Atletico Madrid).
    • 88': Victor Olatunji (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Goal! Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 6. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcos Llorente.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Filip Panák.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 6.
    • 0': Match ends, Sparta Prague 0, Atletico Madrid 6.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 12
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 0
    6 Corner Kicks 0
    2 Saves 4
    60.1 Possession 39.9
    24 SHOTS 4
    10 ON GOAL 2
    0.4 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    603 Accurate Passes 387
    660 Passes 451
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    4 Accurate Crosses 1
    20 Crosses 3
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    31 Long Balls 47
    18 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
    6 Blocked Shots 0
    12 Effective Tackles 8
    15 Tackles 14
    0.8 Tackle % 0.6
    9 Interceptions 9
    8 Effective Clearances 26
    8 Clearances 26

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: Generali-Arena
    Location: Wien, Austria
    Attendance: 18,110

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    # TEAM GP GD PTS
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    2 Barcelona 6 +14 15
    3 Arsenal 6 +9 13
    4 Bayer Leverkusen 6 +7 13
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    Line-Ups

    SPP Sparta Prague (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    1 Peter Vindahl Jensen (GK)
    27 Filip Panak
    5 Mathias Ross
    41 Martin Vitík
    20 Qazim Laçi
    6 Kaan Kairinen
    32 Matej Rynes
    28 Tomas Wiesner
    10 Albion Rrahmani
    22 Lukás Haraslín
    29 Ermal Krasniqi
    Sparta Prague Substitutes:
    Jakub Surovcik, Dalibor Vecerka, Krystof Danek, Marcus Solbakken, Vojtech Vorel, Victor Olatunji, Jakub Pesek, Indrit Tuci, David Pavelka, Lukas Sadilek, Martin Suchomel, Lukás Penxa.

    ATM Atlético Madrid (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    13 Jan Oblak (GK)
    15 Clément Lenglet
    2 José María Giménez
    21 Javi Galán
    14 Marcos Llorente
    8 Pablo Barrios Yellow Card
    5 Rodrigo De Paul
    4 Conor Gallagher
    22 Giuliano Simeone
    19 Julián Álvarez
    9 Alexander Sørloth
    Atlético Madrid Substitutes:
    Ángel Correa, Koke, Samuel Lino, Rodrigo Riquelme, Reinildo Mandava, Juan Musso, Axel Witsel, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Gomis, Antoine Griezmann.

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