Julian Alvarez and second-half substitute Angel Correa scored twice as Atletico Madrid cruised to a straightforward 6-0 win at struggling Sparta Prague within the Champions League on Tuesday. The win leaves Diego Simeone’s Rojiblancos on 9 factors from 5 video games within the competitors, whereas Sparta have 4. “Each win makes you content, particularly when the group performs like this all through the sport and scores like as we speak,” Atletico coach Simeone informed reporters within the Czech capital. “We actually did effectively as we speak,” he added, hailing his group for taking part in “with excessive depth and pace”.
Alvarez opened the scoring quarter-hour into the sport as he was introduced down simply outdoors the field after which curled a free-kick into the highest nook of Peter Vindahl’s purpose.
Marcos Llorente made it 2-0 two minutes from half-time as he chipped the ball in the direction of the purpose and Vindahl let it in, visibly fooled by striker Alexander Sorloth’s try at a glancing header.
Alvarez fired in his second from shut vary on 59 minutes after a give-and-go with Giuliano Simeone, the coach’s son.
Second-half substitute Antoine Griezmann made it 4-0 on 70 minutes with a low shot contained in the field following a one-two with Llorente.
Correa rounded off the rating with two targets within the ultimate 5 minutes, first poking in a move from fellow substitute Samuel Lino after which ending neatly after a mazy run by means of the static Sparta defence.
‘All targets depend’
“The group understood what I would like from them from the start to the tip together with the substitutes who performed very well as quickly as they entered the pitch,” mentioned Diego Simeone.
“All targets depend. We tried to attain as many as potential as a result of it helps with this new format of the Champions League.
“We are at all times conscious the sport has 90 minutes and we now have to play as finest we will,” he added.
The 54-year-old Argentinian made six adjustments following Atletico’s 2-1 win over Alaves in La Liga on Saturday, his 700th sport throughout all competitions answerable for the group.
But there was little doubt concerning the end result as Sparta solely managed a single weak shot on purpose by means of Kaan Kairinen within the opening minute.
Atletico managed the sport, tirelessly testing the wobbly defence of the reigning Czech champions who’ve now solely received two of their final 12 video games in all competitions.
Vindahl spared Sparta blushes on a number of events as he stopped close-range efforts from Rodrigo De Paul and Sorloth within the first half and Giuliano Simeone after the break.
Atletico took a second immediately win within the Champions League at Sparta after beautiful Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 earlier this month.
With three video games to play within the new-format league part, they subsequent face underdogs Slovan Bratislava at house on December 10.
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