Sparta footballers won 2:1 on the Bohemians 1905 field in the 4th league round and secured the lead in the incomplete table. Júsuf Hilál opened the score of the Prague derby for the home side, Indrit Tuci equalized for the visitors before the break and Veljko Birmančevič scored the winning goal in the second half. On Tuesday, Sparta will face FCSB in the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League in Bucharest.
The defending champion is the only one who has not lost a single point in the new season. After today’s victory, Sparta has lost only one of the last 35 league matches against Bohemians. Vršovičtí have not beaten it at home in the league since November 2001 seventeen times in a row.
Letenští started with six changes in the starting line-up against Tuesday’s match with FCSB (1:1). Two of the freshmen also had their first chances. Already in the fourth minute, Daněk freed Wiesner, who crashed on the goalkeeper from close range. And when the Spartan pair switched roles, Reichl brilliantly knocked out Daňko’s sharp blow. The home team then only defended themselves, the goalkeeper kept them even when Kairinen’s shot or Ryneš’s chance, who replaced the injured García.
“Kangaroos” they took advantage of that and opened the scoring with the first serious chance. Hilál got into a fast break, escaped Ross and beat Vindahl. The Bahraini forward scored his 21st goal in the Czech league. Tuci equalized with a volley.The Albanian striker scored his first goal in his tenth start in the Czech league.
The favorite turned the score around after the break. Substitute Haraslín escaped down the wing, sent a pass to the back post, where Birmančević easily headed into the open goal. The Serbian international played against Bohemians in the third league derby and scored their fourth goal. Sparta has already secured three points, but has not yet used a number of other promising chances.
