As brutal as it gets.That’s the shortest and most accurate description of Atletico Madrid’s Champions League 6-0 away win at Sparta Prague on Tuesday night. Diego Simeone’s lot bagged a half a dozen against the champion of the Czech Republic, with two of opening three goals coming from former Manchester City striker Julian Alvarez.🔴⚪️🕷️ Two goals and Man of the Match Award for Julián Álvarez. 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/bVprCcHayp— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 26, 2024 The Argentinian forward won a free-kick near the penalty area, and then fired it superbly to open the scoring. Marcos Llorente doubled the lead, and, interestingly, it was just 2-0 after the first half. Alvarez would push his side to a perfect restart later, before Antoine Griezmann came off the bench to score. Finally, Alvarez’s compatriot Angel Correa added a late brace to make it 6-0. The result takes Atletico Madrid up to 9th place in the league.¡Gran victoria en Praga! 🔴⚪ pic.twitter.com/dJIobRHvPe— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) November 26, 2024 Not too far away from Prague, in the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, AC Milan also celebrated an important away win, 3-2. The Serie A giants got in front against Slovan thanks to Cristian Pulisic, but then conceded one from a silly counter, thus providing the hosts with a hope of grabbing their first points in the Champions League.However, it didn’t happen in the end, as the Rossonerri managed to knock their rival down in just 100 seconds.Three goals, three points and a third consecutive #UCL win! ❤️🔥#SlovanMilan #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/MF8kS0kLpY— AC Milan (@acmilan) November 26, 2024 Rafael Leao came on for the second half ran onto Fofana’ through ball to restore his team’s lead, 2-1. Almost instantly it was 3-1 as Slovan’s defender made a horrible mistake, passing the ball straight to Tammy Abraham who headed it home for a two-goal lead. The home side pegged one back before the end, but that was all they could do.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – ROUND 5TuesdaySlovan B – Milan 3-2 (1-1)/Barseghyan 24, Marcelli 88 – Pulisic 21, Leao 68, Abraham 70/Sparta P – Atletico Madrid 0-6 (0-2)/Alvarez 15, 59, Llorente 43, Griezman 70, Correa 85,89/Wednesday19:45: (4.80) Crvena Zvezda (4.10) Stuttgart (1.75)19:45: (3.70) Sturm (3.50) Girona (2.00)23:00: (2.45) Aston Villa (3.40) Juventus (3.10)23:00: (2.45) Bologna (3.35) Lille (3.15)23:00: (2.05) Celtic (3.50) Club Brugge (3.60)23:00: (4.80) Dinamo Zagreb (3.70) Dortmund (1.73)23:00: (1.90) Liverpool (3.95) Real Madrid (4.00)23:00: (2.30) Monaco (3.50) Benfica (3.25)23:00: (1.42) PSV (4.60) Shakhtar (7.50)***odds are subject to change***
