Sparta beats Slovan Bratislava in Europa League

Sparta Prague beat Slovan Bratislava 4:0 in the second leg of their Europa League tie in Prague on Thursday. Sparta captain David Lafata scored twice; another two points were added by Krejčí and Costa. The first leg of Sparta’s Europa League tie against Slovan Bratislava, which was played in the Slovak capital in October, was tainted by crowd violence. Sparta was subsequently fined 80,000 euros by UEFA. The Czech team is next scheduled to play Napoli in spring in Prague.