Atlético 6-0 Sparta (26 Nov 2024) Match Analysis

Argentina forward Julian Alvarez and compensation Angel Correa scored two goals each time Marcos Llorente and Antoine Griezmann added to the party as Atlético Madrid pounded the home team Sparta Prague 6-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday.

It was an impressive performance from the Spanish side, who claimed their sixth consecutive win in all competitions with arguably their best performance of the season.

Atlético are ninth in the 36-team Champions League table with nine points from five games, while Sparta Prague are 28th on four points.

Diego Simeone’s Atleti dominated proceedings from early on at the Letna Stadium, with Alvarez and striker Alexander Sorloth a constant threat, combining well up front.

Sparta Prague Kaan the Kairin wasted a big early chance following a Llorente error and they were punished when the visitors opened the scoring in the 15th minute when Álvarez curled a free-kick from the edge of the box into the top corner.

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Norway’s Sorloth was denied a second goal when his strike was well saved by goalkeeper Peter Vindahl a few minutes later.

However, Llorente extended the visitors’ lead just before the break with the help of Sorloth, who played a clever dummy on his team-mate’s cross that ended up eluding everyone, including the goalkeeper, as it bounced in at the far post.

Álvarez scored the third in the 59th minute, finishing off a counter-attack that he started in Atletico’s own half, playing a fine one-two with Giuliano Simeone before shooting past the goalkeeper.

Griezmann came off the bench to score the visitors’ fourth with a neat finish from inside the box from an assist from Llorente in the 70th minute, before Correa twice struck late on from inside the box to wrap up an easy win.

“A great game, lots of goals, so I’m very happy. We needed it,” Álvarez told Movistar Plus. “I was confident I was going to score with the free-kick, I think it was a great goal that opened the game and helped us keep winning.

“It was a matter of time and minutes to fit all the pieces together. Little by little the whole team is doing better. We have to continue on this path and keep working. The group is doing really well so we are going for more .”