Monaco Youssouf Fofana (front) and Spartan Filip Souček.
Eric Gaillard, Reuters
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The introduction was promising for the guests. Sparta attacked the opponent right at his pass, so he offered Pavelek a chance in the first minute. However, the substitute captain overshot the goal high and did not fulfill the commandment so that every chance must be weighed against such a strong opponent.
Monaco soon took on its role and showed its strength. If coach Vrba dreamed of scoring the first goal, he had to tear his hair out in the 14th minute. Goalkeeper Nübel played badly again, but Sáček and after him not even Karabec were able to use the donated chances. The people of Prague felt bitterly sorry, especially when even the favorite started to get within range. Volland’s chance was here, but his raid neutralized goalkeeper Nita and left hope to live.
With 36 minutes played, Karabec nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Monaco was going nowhere, knowing the lead from Letná, she was professing the progress as a professor. Golovin could open the score, but Nita performed a great intervention.
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We were fighting over what it was possible, perhaps it was only known in Prague. But the opponent was beyond our power today.
So in the autumn we will play the basic groups of the European League! #acsparta pic.twitter.com/SzuEF2J1yO
– AC Sparta Praha (@ACSparta_CZ) August 10, 2021
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Soon after the break, the dream of a miracle definitely collapsed. Although the Romanian goalkeeper still solved Volland’s tutovka, Martins surprised him from a difficult angle. And when Golovin added a goal fuse five minutes later, it was painted and coach Kovač started saving energy by four times …
Sparta scored at least one goal, but the referees stole it from her. Scoring Hložek was waved offside, in which he did not stand, as the television recording showed. The goalkeeper Nübel gave the Prague residents an honorable success with his third big rough during the pass. Pavelka prepared the position for Karlsson and the Swede lowered twelve minutes before the end.
Hopes for at least a draw lived for only three minutes, alternating Diop soon returned the advancing two-goal lead. In the end, coach Vrba also gave youngsters Gabriel and Patrák a chance.
| Retaliation for the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League football: |
| AS Monako – Sparta Praha 3: 1 (0: 0) |
| Goals: 50. Martins, 55. Golovin, 81. Diop – 78. Karlsson. Judges: Orsato – Preti, Giallatini (all It.). First match: 2: 0, Monaco advances. ZK: Tchouameni – Wiesner. |
| Monaco: Nübel – Sidibé, Disasi, Badiashile, Caio Henrique (60. Jakobs) – Fofana, Tchouaméni (60. Matazo) – Martins (59. Diatta), Volland (67. Fabregas), Golovin (60. Diop) – Ben Yedder. Trenér: Kovač. |
| Sparta: Nita – Wiesner (84. A. Gabriel), Panák, Hancko, Polidar – Pešek (67. Karlsson), Souček, Sáček (59. Pulkrab), Pavelka, Karabec (83. Patrák) – Hložek (66. Minčev). Coach: Willow. |
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