Sparta draw 0:0 in Copenhagen in Champions League qualifier first leg

Sparta Prague drew 0:0 away with FC Copenhagen in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie for football’s Champions League on Tuesday evening. The Czech side will welcome the Danes to their stadium at Prague’s Letná in the return fixture next Tuesday.

Sparta’s Danish manager Brian Priske was an assistant coach at Copenhagen from 2016 to 2017.

If the Czech titleholders get through the tie they will face one more opponent for a place in the Champions League group stage.