We saw a minute of applause to the club legend Arnošt Pazdera. He played 597 matches in a red jersey. He died last week at the age of 92.
Sparta head coach Pavel Vrba made two changes in the line-up compared to the duel in Lyon. Štetina replaced the injured Čelůstka, and Bořek Dočkal played instead of David Pavelka. Hložek, Souček, Højer, Juliš and DMK also could not play due to health problems.
Sparta had a first chance after 13 minutes. Minchev tried it in the box from an angle but aimed only to the side net.
Four minutes later, Haraslín turned around the defender and fired. Unfortunately, he aimed next to the right post.
In the 27th minute, Štetina headed after a corner kick, but the ball ended only in Grigar's hands.
But after half an hour of play, we were in the lead. Haraslín sent a corner to LK37 and he headed in the net.
After next three minutes, the referee whistled a penalty after a consultation with VAR for Ljevaković's head. It was LK37 again but this time, he Grigar stopped his shot near the right post!
In the 39th minute, Minčev hit the crossbar after Dočkal's cross! Just a few seconds later, Hancko fired from a distance and the ball ended in the goal near a right post.
But Sparta was not in the double-lead for a long time. Succar fired in the box and his cross shot ended in the net.
So, 2-1 lead after the first half.
In the 62nd minute, Sparta was close to the goal. After the cross from the right side, LK37 was in the box but near the goal line but the defenders stopped the ball.
After 77 minutes, Pulkrab run from the left side to the goal, chopped and the ball ended in the net! Beautiful action and it was 3-1.
But even this time it was not two goals lead long. Shortly after that, the referee whistled a penalty against Sparta. Florin Nita jumped to the left side and Mareš sent the ball into the middle.
Two minutes before the end, Haraslín run on the left side, passed to Pulkrab through the defenders and Pulkrab scored his second goal!
Sparta defeated Teplice 4-2 and moved to third place in the table. We are just two points under the first place.
AC Sparta Praha – FK Teplice 4-2 (2-1)
Goals: 30. LK37, 39. Hancko, 77. and 88. Pulkrab - 40. Succar, 80. Mareš (pen.) YC: Ljevaković. Referees: Machálek - Kubr, Hurych. Attendance: 5617.
Sparta: Nita – Wiesner (83. Vindheim), Panák, Štetina, Hancko – Pešek, Sáček (71. Pavelka), LK37, Dočkal (71. Karabec), Haraslín – Minčev (61. Pulkrab).
Teplice: Grigar – Vondrášek, Mareček, Chaloupek, Hyčka – Kodad, Ljevaković (57. Jukl), Trubač, Bulmaga (46. Krunert), Rezek (83. Moulis) – Succar (57. Mareš).
