Hanck’s goal directed Sparta to the EKL playoffs. Hit for Naples – PRAVDA.sk

The Czech vice-champion in the basic line-up, together with Dominik Holec and Lukáš Haraslín, confirmed the third place in the A-group with a victory, and in the spring he will present himself in the playoffs for the eighth finals of the European Conference League (EKL).

Spartak Moscow, Eintracht Frankfurt, Galatasaray Istanbul and CZ Belgrade secured the championship in their groups and a direct advance to the EL round in March.

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They joined the quartet of Bayer Leverkusen, Olympique Lyon, AS Monaco and West Ham United, which have long since gained confidence in the top 16.

Spartak secured the promotion with a 1-0 victory over the home Legion Warsaw, thanks to which he won the C-group ahead of the second SSC Napoli in the squad with Stanislav Lobotek.

Eintracht confirmed the D-Group championship thanks to a 1: 1 draw at Fenerbahce Istanbul. The red star Belgrade needed not to lose on the Bragy field, where they finally won a 1: 1 draw and won the F-group by a point ahead of their Portuguese opponent.

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Galatasaray secured first place in the “E” thanks to a goalless draw in Rome with his home Lazio.

Until the second round of the EL rounds in February, another six teams fought their way to second places – in addition to Naples, Real Sociedad, Olympiakos Piraeus, Lazio Rome, SC Braga and Dynamo Zagreb.

They joined the Glasgow Rangers and Betis Sevilla, as well as three teams from third places in the Champions League groups consisting of Borussia Dortmund, Sheriff Tiraspol and Zenit St. Petersburg.

In addition to Sparta, PSV Eindhoven, Leicester, Olympique Marseille, Midtjylland and Rapid Vienna are also heading to the EKL eight-finals. Celtic Glasgow and Fenerbahce Istanbul already had third place security before the final round.

Sparta needed at least a draw against Bröndby to participate in the playoffs for the eight-final EKL, but from the beginning she did everything to win.

The defensive walls of the Danish opponent managed to break through in the 43rd minute, when Hancko stood for a direct kick and technically sent the ball to the back post with a left pass – 1: 0. Shortly after the break, Adam Hložek, who had the best orientation in the penalty area after Jakub Pešek’s shot, increased the lead of the “reds”.

The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as Tomáš Wiesner tried lifting the ball over keeper Anis Slimane.

Sparta has already guarded the two-goal lead until the end of the match. Holec and Hancko played the whole match, Haraslín replaced in the 86th minute, the fourth Slovak legionary in the service of the Prague team Lukáš Štetina watched the match from the bench.

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In the second match of the group, the already certain winner of the “A” Lyon drew 1: 1 with the Glasgow Rangers.

The highlight of Thursday’s program was Naples’ duel with Leicester in the C-group, from which all four teams could advance. SSC, in whose jersey the Slovak midfielder Stanislav Lobotka was absent due to a muscle injury, took the lead in the 4th minute, when he pushed through with an accurate ground cross shot by Adam Ounas.

The North Macedonian representative Eljif Elmas increased the lead to 2: 0 after a quick attack and a pass for Andrea Petagn. The “foxes” who would have said goodbye to EL in the event of a loss did not fold their weapons and leveled up in six minutes thanks to Jonny Evans and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

However, the Italian representative pulled the lead to his side, in the 53rd minute he scored the winning goal and his second in the match Elmas.

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However, this result was most suitable for Spartak Moscow, who succeeded on the pitch of the Legion Warsaw 1: 0 and jumped to the first place. The only goal was scored by Zelimchan Bakayev in the 17th minute.

The Polish team were able to turn the opponent for the first place in the group, but in the eighth minute of the set time, Tomáš Pekhart refused to equalizer when he did not convert the penalty kick.

The first Spartak and the second Naples got the same 10 points, with equal points they played better mutual matches with the SSC in favor of the Russian team (3: 2, 2: 1). The third Leicester must be satisfied with the EKL barracks.

In the “gecko”, the last Ferencváros Budapest could no longer take off from the fourth place, he finally said goodbye to the EL in a 1-0 win over the already certain winner of the group, Bayer Leverkusen.

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He got his first and only points. The Slovak representative in the service of the Hungarian club Róbert Mak sat on the bench of substitutes.

In the H-group, Genk nurtured the hope of advancing from second place, but he needed to beat Rapid Vienna at home and rely on Dynamo Zagreb to lose at West Ham.

However, the Belgian representative lost to the Austrian team 0: 1, Robert Ljubičič scored the only goal in the 29th minute. Slovak midfielder Patrik Hrošovský played the whole match for Genk. Dynamo maintained its second place thanks to a 1-0 victory over WHU.

The draw for the EL round-finals is on the program on December 13, eight clubs from the second places of the EL groups will be deployed against the eight thirds of the LM and will have the advantage of the home environment in retaliation. The rule is that teams from the same country cannot meet. Play off is on the 17th, respectively. February 24.

Villarreal advanced to the round of 16

In Thursday’s match of the 6th round of the group stage, the Spanish Villarreal won on the pitch of Atalanta Bergamo 3: 2 and advanced to the spring eightfinals of the Champions League 2021/2022.

The duel was originally supposed to be played on Wednesday, due to heavy snowfall taking place a day later. The “Yellow Submarine” took the final second place in the F-Group, just one point away from Manchester United.

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Third Italians will have to settle for playing in the UEFA Europa League playoffs.

The guests hit Bergamo in just three minutes. Meriha Demirela’s mistake was made by the Dutch striker Arnaut Danjuma, who sent the ball into the net.

The chances of the Atalanta did not bring a goal ending, so before the end of the first act, the Spaniards hit again. Etienne Capoue’s sharp shot under the crossbar ended up behind the Argentine goalkeeper.

After a change of sides, he increased Danjuma’s ground shot to 3: 0.

The thrilling conclusion belonged to the home team, who first reduced in the 71st minute thanks to the substitute Ruslan Malinovsky and nine minutes later after the goal of the Colombian Duan Zapata, who swapped the running goalkeeper, they corrected the difference with a single accurate hit.