Linköping's Fiasco – Eliminated from the Champions League

Linköping FC had the lead with 1-0 and opponent Sparta Prague had a player sent off. Yet the Östergötland team was knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers.

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Linköping's Fiasco – Eliminated from the Champions League
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When the referee blew the whistle after a total of 120 played minutes, Linköping's fiasco in front of the home crowd was complete.

Sparta Prague had turned 0–1 to 3–1 and Linköping is thus eliminated from Champions League football already after the first qualifying round.

Otherwise, it looked promising when the Czechs received a red card in the first half and Angela Beard then scored 1–0 for LFC after the break.

But this was not a successful evening for the former champion club, which is struggling in this year's Damallsvenskan, where they are in seventh place.

Sparta Prague equalized via an own goal and then took the lead during the first extra quarter. The live reporting on corren.se then witnessed a desperate equalizing hunt from Linköping, which ended with Noor Eckhoff receiving a red card and the guests scoring 3–1 on a penalty.

Sparta Prague will play the final against Paris FC in the qualifying tournament on Saturday, where the winner reaches the Champions League. For Linköping, a meaningless match for third place against Vienna awaits instead.

The attendance figure was also nothing to be pleased about. A paltry 553 spectators came to witness LFC's defeat, writes Corren.

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