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First Knock-out Round First Leg Prague 24 February 2004 AC SPARTA PRAHA – AC AC SPARTA PRAHA STADIUM, PRAGUE TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2004 at 20.45

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AC SPARTA PRAHA v AC MILAN After the last-gasp goal which gave AC Sparta Praha their dramatic victory over pre-season group favourites S.S. Lazio in December, the Czech side now raises the curtain on 2004 with another home fixture against Italian visitors – this time no less than the defending European champions, AC Milan. Coming out of the winter break to take on such illustrious opponents is no mean challenge, especially as the Italian visitors have been playing almost continuously while their Czech opponents have been in ‘hibernation’. AC Milan, who built their group-phase success on solid defensive foundations, travel to the Czech capital needing to make the mental switch to the knock-out format and go for the away goal or goals that could be crucial to continuity.

The clubs have met twice previously but this will be their first meeting in the UEFA Champions League/Champion Clubs’ Cup. In the 1972/73 Cup Winners’ Cup semi- final, AC Milan won both legs 1-0 to progress to the final where they beat Leeds United AFC also by a 1-0 scoreline. In the third round of the 1995/96 UEFA Cup, AC Milan won their home match 2-0 with two goals from , and drew the return leg 0-0 in Prague to move into the quarter- finals where they were beaten 3-2 on aggregate by FC Girondins de Bordeaux after being 2-0 up after the first leg. and played in both legs of the 1995/96 UEFA Cup tie for AC Milan, while started the second leg. AC Sparta goalkeeper Petr Kouba captained his side in both matches. AC Sparta have won just two of their 20 matches in UEFA club competitions against Italian sides, with seven draws and 11 defeats. Both wins came at home, the first against eventual winners Juventus by 1-0 in the 1984/85 Champion Clubs’ Cup, and the second success was in the group stage this season by 1-0 against S.S. Lazio. AC Sparta have played 10 home matches in UEFA club competitions against Italian clubs with two wins, five draws and three defeats – all of the latter by 1-0. AC Milan have a fine record against Czech Republic clubs in UEFA club competitions with six wins, a draw and a defeat in eight games, and with just one goal conceded – that was in their only defeat at FK Lokomotiv Kosice in the 1978/79 UEFA Cup 1st round, 2nd leg, but AC Milan still won the tie on penalties. This is AC Sparta Praha’s fifth season in the UEFA Champions League, and the first time that they have reached the knock-out stage of the competition. AC Sparta Praha have won only four of their last 14 UEFA Champions League games; have lost seven of their last 13; and have lost four of their last seven at home. However, AC Sparta Praha have won three of their last four UEFA Champions League games at home, and their last two in succession. AC Sparta Praha have lost the same number of UEFA Champions League at home as away from home (nine losses at home and nine losses away from home). AC Sparta Praha have not drawn any of their last 17 UEFA Champions League games at home, winning nine and losing eight in that time.

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First Knock-out Round First Leg Prague 24 February 2004 AC SPARTA PRAHA – AC MILAN They have kept four shut-outs in their last 15 UEFA Champions League home games. AC Sparta Praha have had a busy mid-season after the December UEFA Champions League Matchday 6 and the break in the Czech league. AC Sparta were especially busy on the transfer market, losing no fewer than nine players and signing six. The first departure was just six days after AC Sparta’s 1-0 win over S.S. Lazio and the player leaving was the hero of that game – Marek Kincl - who scored the winner in stoppage time; he has joined Russian side FC Zenit Sankt-Peterburg. Kincl was soon followed by Jan Flachbart, Jiri Rosicky and Michal Spit (all to FK Jablonec 97), Patrik Jezek (to SV Pasching of Austria), Pavel Krmas (to FK Teplice), Jiri Nemec (to FK Viktoria Zizkov), Martin Zboncak (to FC Dinamo Moskva) and on the day prior to the transfer deadline by Libor Sionko, who joined Grazer AK of Austria. Head coach Jiri Kotrba had lost almost all his forwards, but he made some important acquisitions. The most significant one is probably international forward Jiri Stajner’s return on loan from Hannover 96. Sparta also signed FK Teplice’s talented striker Jan Rezek and Czech Republic international Petr Vorisek from the same club. Just before the transfer deadline, Sparta took two young talents from second division side TJ Vitkovice – goalkeeper Tomas Grigar and striker Pavel Malcharek. In addition, AC Sparta brought back Under-21 international Tomas Sivok from his loan spell at FK Ceske Budejovice and signed a permanent deal with Slovakian international Vladimir Labant. The defender had been on loan to AC Sparta from English first division side West Ham United FC, but has now signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Czech champions. Unfortunately, Sparta could not register Rezek and Vorisek for the knock-out stage of the UEFA Champions League, as both have already played in this season’s UEFA Cup for FK Teplice. So, the coaching staff also gave chances during the pre-season to young players from Sparta’s own youth system – David Bicik, Ladislav Volesak and Zdenek Volek. Volesak and Volek were added to the UEFA Champions League squad list. Miroslav Baranek (No. 23) was born on 10.11.73 and has 17 caps for the Czech Republic. He was signed by AC Sparta from SK Sigma Olomouc in summer 1997 and was with the club until 2000 in his first spell before moving to Germany with 1. FC Koln for two years (2000-02). He returned to AC Sparta but has since been injured. Jiri Stajner (No. 24) is back in the Czech Republic from club Hannover 96. He has won 14 caps for the Czech Republic and was born on 27.05.76. He was originally with SK Slovan Liberec and joined Hannover 96 in summer 2002. He had played 16 Bundesliga games (3 goals) for Hannover 96 in the 2003/04 season. AC Sparta returned to serious training in early January with a training camp and tournament in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria. In the semi-final, Sparta defeated Hamburger SV 4-3 with Rezek scoring two goals on his Sparta debut and Karel Poborsky adding two more. In the final of the annual tournament, Sparta beat RSC Anderlecht 2-1, with Vladimir Gluscevic scoring a double. In addition, AC Sparta managed to beat the Chinese Under-21 national team 1-0 (goal from Tomas Jun) in a friendly just before leaving the Canaries. Jiri Kotrba used all available players and was happy with the outcome: “The final against Belgians was not the same quality of football as the first match, but I had to give other players match practice as well. It’s sad we cannot use Rezek in the UEFA Champions League, as he showed how well he adapted to the team and what a good player he is.” Kotrba also welcomed back Miroslav Baranek from his very long injury break, although he played the striker as a right-back in the final. At the end of January, Jiri Kotrba took his team to Cyprus. Good weather and useful training were spiced with three friendlies, where the club continued their unbeaten run in winter matches. AC Sparta drew with PFC Levski 1-1 (goal by Poborsky from a

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First Knock-out Round First Leg Prague 24 February 2004 AC SPARTA PRAHA – AC MILAN penalty), beat FC National Bucuresti 4-2 (Jun, Sivok and Baranek 2) and drew against SW Bregenz 1-1 (Michalik). After returning to the Czech Republic, Sparta had a friendly against Servette FC and convincingly beat the Swiss team 6-0. All six goals were scored in the second half with Lukas Zelenka and Pavel Malcharek scoring one and Igor Gluscevic and Poborsky collecting two goals apiece. The Czech League resumed on 14th February with AC Sparta travelling to SFC Opava. The 6,802 spectators at the Opava stadium saw a thriller with Sparta coming out as 4-3 winners. Sparta took the lead four times in the game, but on three occasions Opava managed to come back. Poborsky was again on target twice (38 penalty, 85), with Stajner (50) and Rezek (63) both scoring their first official goals for the club. Jiri Kotrba fielded following line-up at SFC Opava: Blazek, Pergl, Hübschman, Johana, Labant, Poborsky, Zelenka, Vorisek (Sivok 86), Michalik, Stajner, Rezek (I.Gluscevic 80). The unused substitutes were Kouba, Poledica, Jun, Homola and Baranek. The bad news for Mr Kotrba was that both of his first choice central defenders picked up their fourth cautions of the season and were suspended for the next league match a week later. “We have a short bench in terms of central defenders, as Jiri Homola is the only other centre-back available in the first team. Obviously we have to look to our reserve team, where Patrice Abanda or Radek Dosoudil can step in,” said Kotrba. On Saturday, 21st February, AC Sparta hosted FC Marila Pribram and certainly the defence was not the problem, as no goals were conceded. At the other end however, no goals were scored either in a 0-0 draw in front of 8,513 spectators. AC Sparta’s line-up against Pribram was: Blazek, Pergl, Homola, Abanda (Vorisek 58), Labant, Poborsky, Zelenka, Kovac, Michalik (I.Gluscevic 54), Stajner, Rezek (Jun 66). The unused substitutes were: Kouba, Sivok, Poledica and Baranek. “We played too individually on many occasions, which cannot be justified in modern football,” commented Jiri Kotrba after the match, being very unsatisfied with the goalless draw. Sparta are still second in the league with 33 points from 18 games, but FK Banik Ostrava are currently six points ahead with one game in hand. In between the two league games, five Sparta players took part in the Czech Republic national team’s 2-2 draw against on 18th February. Stajner scored the Czech Republic’s 1-1 equaliser in the 42nd minute and was substituted at half-time, as was Poborsky. Blazek played the full 90 minutes in goal and Vorisek and Hübschmann came on as second-half substitutes. With this appearance, Karel Poborsky became the Czech Republic’s most capped international with 91 caps, the previous record had been held from the days of the former Czechoslovakia by Zdenek Nehoda (90 caps). Three of AC Sparta’s Slovak players were also summoned to a national team training camp, with Michalik, Labant and Petras all travelling to Senec. However, defender Petras is still not training after suffering a leg fracture in the UEFA Champions League group game against Chelsea FC earlier this season. AC Milan have qualified for the knock-out stages of the UEFA Champions League for the fifth time. They have lost only two of their last 11 UEFA Champions League games. However, those two defeats have come in the last four games. AC Milan have scored more than one goal in only one of their last 19 UEFA Champions League games, and they have failed to score more than one goal in any of their last nine UEFA Champions League games. AC Milan have kept 11 clean sheets in their last 17 UEFA Champions League games.

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First Knock-out Round First Leg Prague 24 February 2004 AC SPARTA PRAHA – AC MILAN They are unbeaten in their last five UEFA Champions League away games and they have kept four shut-outs in those five games, conceding only one goal. They have yet to concede a goal in a UEFA Champions League away game this season. AC Milan’s last UEFA Champions League away defeat was at Real Madrid CF in March 2003. AC Milan have won six of their last 11 UEFA Champions League away games, losing only two in that period. No 86, Nicola Pozzi is a new player eligible to play for AC Milan in the knock-out stages of the competition. Born on 30 June 1986, Pozzi is a forward who previously played for AC Cesena in Serie C1. The Milan derby on 21st February was a classic. FC Internazionale went 2-0 up at half time, before AC Milan hit back with two goals in a minute from substitute and Kaká after 56 and 57 minutes. Then AC Milan midfielder, , playing against his former club, scored a 20-metre winner after 85 minutes to give AC Milan their 99th derby win with 87 wins to FC Internazionale and 71 draws. The AC Milan team against FC Internazionale was (4-3-2-1) Dida; (Pancaro 70), Nesta (Laursen 75), Costacurta, Kaladze; Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf; Kaká, (Tomasson 46); Shevchenko. Unused subs: Abbiati, Serginho, Brocchi and Inzaghi. The win keeps AC Milan on top of with a record of played 22, won 17, drawn four and one defeat (2-1 at home to on 21st December 2003). Paolo Maldini was suspended for the game against FC Internazionale, and AC Milan recorded their first derby win without him since Maldini made his debut in 1985. will not travel to Prague after suffering a pulled muscle against FC Internazionale. But is expected to be in the starting line-up after recovering from an injury, and Massimo Ambrosini is expected to be in the squad after being out for a month with muscular problems. After the derby, said: “ We won a game we had already lost. Tomasson is in good form at the moment – even when he comes on he scores. He is very efficient in the box, and we still have Inzaghi to come back” Alessandro Nesta and started the friendly with the Czech Republic in on 18 February which finished 2-2. Giuseppe Pancaro came on as substitute. Three AC Milan players represented Brazil in their friendly with the Republic of Ireland on 18th February with Dida, Cafu and Kaká all starting in the 0-0 draw. and Jon Dahl Tomasson started the match for in their 1-0 win in Turkey, while Rui Costa started for in their 1-1 draw with . Other AC Milan players to represent their countries were Clarence Seedorf, who came on as a substitute for the Netherlands in their 1-0 success against the USA, while Dario Simic also came on as a substitute in Croatia’s 2-1 home defeat by Germany. AC Milan have Massimo Ambrosini and Andrea Pirlo within one yellow card of a one-match suspension. AC Sparta Praha have nobody in that situation. The Czech club received only four yellow cards during the six group matches – three of them for Petr Johana. During the knock-out stages of the competition, the away goals rule and the Silver Goal ruling are both applied. This means that, if the aggregate scores are level after the 90 minutes of normal playing time in the second leg, the team that has scored more away goals will be declared the winner. If both teams have scored the same number of away goals, a period of 15 minutes of extra- time will be played. If at the end of the 15 minutes one team has scored more goals than the other, that team will be declared the winner.

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First Knock-out Round First Leg Prague 24 February 2004 AC SPARTA PRAHA – AC MILAN However, if the aggregate score is still level, a second 15-minute period of extra-time will be played. If there is still no winner on aggregate scores, the tie will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. The away goals rule will not apply to goals scored during extra-time. To give an example, if both teams win their home games 2-1 and both score one goal during the first period of extra-time, the visiting team does not win on the basis of having scored two away goals. The match goes into a second period of extra-time. Imagine that both teams score again during the second period and that the scoreboard registers 4-3 on the night. The aggregate score of 5-5 will mean that the tie will be decided by kicks from the penalty mark. The financial conditions for the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League have undergone changes due to the revised format. Each of the 32 starters received a fee of 2.5 million Swiss francs, plus appearance fees totalling 3 million francs for the six matches played and performance bonuses of 500,000 francs per win and 250,000 per draw. Each of the 16 clubs who have qualified for the first knock-out round has, in addition, received 2.5 million Swiss francs. Each of the eight quarter-finalists will receive 3 million; the semi-finalists will add a further 4 million; the runner-up will receive 6 million; and the winner of the final in Gelsenkirchen will pocket 10 million. In addition, clubs retain all gate receipts from home games and will receive additional payments from the so-called Market Pool. This is based on the proportional values of different TV markets and the number of clubs competing from any specific country. This is a complex calculation and precise figures are not usually available until the latter stages of the campaign. As a (very) rough guide, three Swiss francs are two euros. The draws for the quarter-finals and the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League will take place at the House of European Football in Nyon on Friday 12 March at 12.30. The pairings for the quarter-finals will be determined by an open draw. This means that, for the first time during the campaign, clubs from the same national association may be drawn against each other. The quarter-finals are played on a home-and–away basis, with the first legs played on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 March and the return legs on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 April. The four winning teams will already know who they will meet in the semi-finals, as the pairings will also be decided during the draw ceremony on 12 March. This makes life logistically easier, as the first legs of the semi-finals will be played just two weeks later, on Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 April 2004, with the second legs to be staged on Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 May. A further small draw ceremony will also define whether the winner of semi-final 1 or the winner of semi-final 2 will be considered, for administrative purposes, the ‘home’ team at the final to be played on Wednesday 26 May in Gelsenkirchen. Those wishing to attend the draw on 12 March must apply for accreditation before 12.00 on Thursday 11 March using .com. Two new publications should be available at all Matchday 7 and Matchday 8 venues. The third issue of Champions magazine was published in January and the second part of the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League Tournament Guide is now available. This is the Results Summary Book which gives complete details of the 96 games played during the group stage, along with team and player statistics and other summary data.

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Jiri Kotrba has no doubt about the importance of the occasion: “It will be the most important football match of my career in football,” and added: “AC Milan are the best team in Europe with superstars in each position.” “After winning against S.S. Lazio, some of our supporters think that Milan is just an other Italian team (who were recently beaten by Lazio in Italian Cup – 4-0, 2-1) and Sparta can win ‘easily’ again. I would not like to insult Lazio supporters but Lazio are not similar to Milan, who are in another category and at a higher level. Lazio have one or two world-class players, but Milan have one or two for every position. If Nesta does not play, there is Maldini, Cafú, Shevchenko, Inzaghi, Tomasson and the others.” Jiri Kotrba and his team would like to achieve a surprise and continue their UEFA Champions League journey: “Since the Toyota Cup final against last December we have seen every match of Milan and we have analysed the tapes. We will do our best. We will try to do everything for the victory. I know that we also need a little bit of luck…“ The provisional AC Sparta line-up is (4-4-2): Blazek, Pergl, Hübschmann, Johana, Labant, Poborsky, Kovác, Zelenka, Michalik, Stajner, Gluscevic (or Jun). On the plus side, AC Sparta report no injury problems. AC Sparta captain Karel Pobosrky added: “Milan are big favourites, but it’s only football and everything can happen. The match starts 0-0 and that’s the most important fact. Every one of us is looking forward very much to this match and it’s a big honour for us to play against AC Milan in the knock-out stage of the Champions League. We will try to surprise them”. Goalkeeper Jaromir Blazek voiced the opinions of all his team-mates: “I’m looking forward so much to the game! It will be the biggest club game for me in my career. We have to respect all their players, but we can’t be scared of them. The most important thing for us will be keeping a clean sheet for as long as possible - it will be our tactic. If anything happens offensively, then it would be something extra.” Though favourites to win the game, AC Milan have been warned that the condition of Czech football is very strong at present. The Czech national team were top of several ranking lists for the 2003 International Team of Year, while Czech international Pavel Nedved won the European Footballer of the Year award. AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said that the weather (it was snowing in Prague during Monday afternoon) was not a surprise for him and for his players, because in Milan it was also snowing for the whole of last week as well. At the same time he thought that Sparta were strong at home and it would not be an easy match for Milan. He said that he will be satisfied if Milan could qualify for the next round by winning the second leg, but he and his side would like to win and to score goals in Prague. Alessandro Nesta and Jon Dahl Tomasson are both injured and did not travel to Prague. The Danish striker injured his left leg in a clash with Iván Córdoba during the Milan derby and the injury has deteriorated. Nesta suffered a right thigh injury and will undergo further tests tomorrow. Brazil’s captain Cafú is not in 100% fit but he will probably start the match (he trained with the team). The Milan provisional line-up is (4-3-1-2): Dida, Cafú (Simic), Maldini, Costacurta, Pancaro, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaká, Shevchenko, Inzaghi. , AC Milan’s Ukrainian striker, when asked about their last league game (the derby against FC Internazionale) said: “It was a performance and result which I will treasure for a long time. The team spirit helped us to win after our two-goal handicap. Team spirit is one of the most important things in the make-up of any football team. I hope we will able to win in Prague as well.” There will be full house at the Sparta Praha stadium for the game of nearly 19,000, with 1,896 Milan fans making the journey to support the holders.

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First Knock-out Round First Leg Prague 24 February 2004 AC SPARTA PRAHA – AC MILAN

AC SPARTA PRAHA Updated to 24 February 2004 Founded: 16.11.1893 President: Vlastimil Koštál Press Officer: Lenka Raková Club Records: Jozef Chovanec 743 matches (1979-97) / Oldrich Nejedly 148 league goals (1931-41) Stadium: Stadium of AC Sparta Praha (18,761 / 1,600 lux / 105m x 68m) Record Att: 45,500 (4-0 v ŠK Slavia Praha in 1946-47)

Date of Birth 2003/2004 First Division European Internationals Season Cups Goalkeepers M G M G M G M G 1 Petr KOUBA 28.01.1969 0 0 236 1 29 0 40 0 29 Jaromír BLAŽEK 29.12.1972 18 0 224 0 21 0 5 0 31 Tomas GRIGAR 01.02.1983 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Defenders 3 Vladimír LABANT 08.06.1974 10 1 115 7 36 7 3 0 16 Tomáš HÜBSCHMAN 04.09.1981 17 0 80 0 27 0 15 0 17 Petr JOHANA 01.11.1976 17 0 105 9 28 1 13 0 18 Mirko POLEDICA 11.09.1978 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19 Martin PETRÁŠ 02.11.1979 7 0 84 4 6 0 14 1 22 Jiří HOMOLA 02.07.1980 1 0 76 7 1 0 0 0

Midfielders 2 Tomáš SIVOK 15.09.1983 14 1 40 2 0 0 4 Pavel PERGL 14.11.1977 11 1 102 9 7 0 0 0 7 Lukáš ZELENKA 05.10.1979 12 1 63 7 19 2 0 0 8 Karel POBORSKÝ 30.03.1972 17 6 181 51 61 10 91 7 10 Rastislav MICHALÍK 14.01.1974 14 0 165 7 29 2 12 0 15 Radoslav KOVÁČ 27.11.1979 17 1 147 4 17 1 0 0 25 Zdeněk VOLEK 12.04.1985 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Ladislav VOLEŠAK 07.04.1984 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Forwards 13 Vladimir GLUŠČEVIĆ 20.10.1979 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Tomáš JUN 17.01.1983 14 4 60 18 13 1 0 0 23 Miroslav BARANEK 10.11.1973 0 0 195 51 17 5 24 Jiří STAJNER 27.05.1976 2 1 72 26 13 2 27 Igor GLUŠČEVIĆ 30.03.1974 12 3 12 3 18 2 0 0

Head Coach Jiří KOTRBA 28.02.1958 M = Matches; G = Goals

Foreigners: Vladimír LABANT (Slovakia), Vladimir GLUŠČEVIĆ (Serbia and Montenegro), Mirko POLEDICA (Serbia and Montenegro), Martin PETRÁŠ (Slovakia), Igor GLUŠČEVIĆ (Serbia and Montenegro), Rastislav MICHALÍK (Slovakia).

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AC MILAN Updated to 24 February 2004 Founded: 16.12.1899 President: Press Officer: Vittorio Mentana Club Records: Paolo Maldini 722 appearances / Gunnar Nordahl 210 league goals Stadium: (83,679 / 1,500 lux / 105m x 68m) Record Att: 78,650 – in UCL (3-0 v AS Monaco on 27.04.1994)

Date of Birth 2003/2004 Serie A European Internationals Season Cups Goalkeepers M G M G M G M G 1 27.04.1969 0 0 229 0 10 0 0 0 12 Nelson De Jesus Silva ‘DIDA’ 07.10.1973 22 0 53 0 26 0 62 0 77 08.07.1977 0 0 105 0 31 0 1 0

Defenders 2 Marcos Evangelista ‘CAFU’ 07.06.1970 18 1 181 6 48 2 125 5 3 Paolo MALDINI 26.06.1968 18 0 523 25 131 2 126 7 4 27.02.1978 3 0 77 7 71 2 36 0 13 Alessandro NESTA 19.03.1976 17 0 239 2 30 2 58 0 14 Dario SIMIC 12.11.1975 8 0 103 4 51 4 61 1 19 Alessandro COSTACURTA 24.04.1966 12 0 415 2 101 0 59 2 24 Martin LAURSEN 26.07.1977 9 0 91 4 21 0 32 1 26 Giuseppe PANCARO 26.08.1971 15 1 266 11 57 1 15 0

Midfielders 5 Fernando REDONDO 06.06.1969 6 0 14 0 50 1 8 Ivan 09.01.1978 22 1 158 2 50 2 23 1 10 Manuel RUI COSTA 29.03.1972 17 2 279 40 77 10 85 23 20 Clarence SEEDORF 01.04.1976 18 1 143 16 81 9 68 11 21 Andrea PIRLO 19.05.1979 21 3 156 24 39 0 6 0 22 KAKÁ Ricardo Izecson 22.04.1982 20 8 20 8 7 2 21 9 23 Massimo AMBROSINI 29.05.1977 10 0 156 11 44 1 19 0 27 Claudio Santos ‘SERGINHO’ 27.06.1971 15 0 108 13 41 4 10 0 32 Christian BROCCHI 30.01.1976 7 0 73 6 19 0 0 0

Forwards 7 Andriy SHEVCHENKO 29.09.1976 21 17 140 84 71 39 49 21 9 Filippo INZAGHI 09.08.1973 9 2 227 112 64 34 48 21 15 Jon Dahl TOMASSON 29.08.1976 16 7 35 11 55 16 57 27 18 Marco BORRIELLO 18.06.1982 2 0 17 1 2 0 0 0 86 Nicola POZZI 30.06.1986

Head Coach Carlo ANCELOTTI 10.06.1959 M = Matches; G = Goals

Foreigners: Nelson De Jesus Silva ‘DIDA’ (Brazil), Marcos Evangelista “CAFU” (Brazil), Kakha KALADZE (), Dario SIMIC (Croatia), Martin LAURSEN (Denmark), Fernando REDONDO (Argentina), Manuel RUI COSTA (Portugal), Clarence SEEDORF (Netherlands), KAKÁ Ricardo Izecson (Brazil), Sergio Dos Santos ‘SERGINHO’ (Brasil), Andriy SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine), Jon Dahl TOMASSON (Denmark).

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AC SPARTA PRAHA Res Goalscorers Att. 22.07.03 v Strizkov (C)(A) 1-0 Kincl 900 26.07.03 v FK Teplice (A) 1-1 Gluscevic 11,321 02.08.03 v SFC Opava (H) 4-0 Poborsky (2,1pen.), Jezek, Kincl 11,628 09.08.03 v FC Marila Pribram (A) 0-0 - 13.08.03 v FK Vardar Skopje (A) 3-2 Poborsky (2), Gluscevic 23,000 18.08.03 v Ceske Budejovice (H) 3-0 Jun, Jezek, Gluscevic 5,443 22.08.03 v SK Sigma Olomouc (A) 1-1 Jun 11,293 26.08.03 v FK Vardar Skopje (H) 2-2 Poborsky, Sionko 12,345 30.08.03 v SK Slavia Praha (H) 0-0 16,662 13.09.03 v FC Slovan Liberec (A) 0-2 5,850 16.08.03 v Chelsea FC (H) 0-1 18,997 21.09.03 v 1. FC Synot (H) 3-1 Sionko, Kincl (2) 4,764 27.09.03 v FK Chmel Blsany (A) 4-0 Labant (p), Sionko, Kincl, Zelenka 455 01.10.03 v S.S. Lazio (A) 2-2 Sionko, Poborsky 25,405 04.10.03 v Plzen (H) 3-1 Kovac, Jun, Kincl 3,593 18.10.03 v FK Viktoria Zizkov (A) 1-0 Sionko 4,798 22.10.03 v Besiktas JK (H) 2-1 Zelenka, Poborsky 14,512 27.10.03 v 1. FC Brno (H) 1-0 Sionko 4,452 29.10.03 v Tábor (C ) (A) 5-0 Homola, Jezek, Michalik, Gluscevic, o. g. 2,000 01.11.03 v Zlin (A) 0-1 4,800 04.11.03 v Besiktas JK (A) 0-1 18,000 08.11.03 v FC Banik Ostrava (H) 1-1 Jun 20,032 22.11.03 v FK Jablonec 97 (A) 2-4 o.g., Pergl 3,852 26.11.03 v Chelsea FC (A) 0-0 40,152 30.11.03 v FK Teplice (H) 3-0 Poborsky (2, 1p), Gluscevic 6,227 09.12.03 v S.S. Lazio (H) 1-0 Kincl 17,825 14.02.04 v SFC Opava (A) 4-3 Poborsky (2, 1p), Stajner, Rezek 6,802 21.02.04 v FC Marila Pribram (H) 0-0 8,513 29.02.04 v Ceske Budejovice (A) 07.03.04 v SK Sigma Olomouc (H) 13.03.04 v SK Slavia Praha (A) 21.03.04 v FC Slovan Liberec (H) 27.03.04 v 1. FC Synot (A) 04.04.04 v FK Chmel Blsany (H) 11.04.04 v Plzen (A) 18.04.04 v FK Viktoria Zizkov (H) 25.04.04 v 1. FC Brno (A) 02.05.04 v Zlin (H) 08.05.04 v FC Banik Ostrava (A) 16.05.04 v FK Jablonec 97 (H)

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First Knock-out Round First Leg Prague 24 February 2004 AC SPARTA PRAHA – AC MILAN

Clubs’ competition results this season

AC MILAN Res Goalscorers Att. 03.08.03 v Juventus FC (SC) (A) 1-1 Pirlo (lose 4-6 pen. Shoot-out) 54,128 29.08.03 v FC (SC) (H) 1-0 Shevchenko 15,000 01.09.03 v Ancona Calcio (A) 2-0 Shevchenko (2) 22,746 13.09.03 v FC (H) 2-1 Shevchenko, Inzaghi 57,835 16.09.03 v AFC Ajax (H) 1-0 Inzaghi 45,931 21.09.03 v AC Perugia (A) 1-1 Gattuso 17,551 28.09.03 v US Lecce (H) 3-0 Shevchenko (2), Tomasson 17,553 01.10.03 v RC Celta de Vigo (A) 0-0 28,000 05.10.03 v FC Internazionale (A) 3-1 Inzaghi, Kaká, Shevchenko 75,831 19.10.03 v S.S. Lazio (H) 1-0 Pirlo 62,122 22.10.03 v Club Brugge KV (H) 0-1 43,823 26.10.03 v Sampdoria UC (A) 3-0 Tomasson, Shevchenko (2) 34,424 01.11.03 v Juventus FC (H) 1-1 Tomasson 77,921 04.11.03 v Club Brugge KV (A) 1-0 Kaká 27,834 09.11.03 v AC (A) 0-0 23,663 23.11.03 v AC Chievo Verona (A) 2-0 Shevchenko (2) 30,186 26.11.03 v AFC Ajax (A) 1-0 Shevchenko 50,210 30.11.03 v Modena FC (H) 2-0 Shevchenko (2) 59,577 03.12.03 v Sampdoria UC (C ) (A) 1-0 o.g. 9,099 06.12.03 v Empoli FC (A) 1-0 Kaká 11,791 09.12.03 v RC Celta de Vigo (H) 1-2 Kaká 36,207 14.12.03 v CA Boca Juniors (Europ./Sou) 1-1 Tomasson (AC Milan lost 3-1 on penalties) 66,757 18.12.03 v Sampdoria UC (C) (H) 1-0 Inzaghi 2,742 21.12.03 v Udinese Calcio (H) 1-2 Cafu 06.01.04 v AS Roma (A) 2-1 Shevchenko (2) 11.01.04 v Reggina Calcio (H) 3-1 Kaká (2), Pirlo (p) 14.01.04 v AS Roma (C) (H) 2-1 Tomasson, Ambrosini 18.01.04 v (A) 1-0 Ambrosini 22.01.04 v AS Roma (C) (A) 2-1 Nesta, Tomasson 25.01.04 v Ancona Calcio (H) 5-0 Shevchenko (p), Rui Costa, Tomasson (p), Kaká (2) 28.01.04 v Siena AC (H) 2-1 Kaká, Tomasson 01.02.04 v Bologna FC (A) 2-0 Shevchenko, Tomasson 05.02.04 v S.S. Lazio (C ) (H) 1-2 Inzaghi 08.02.04 v AC Perugia (H) 2-1 Rui Costa, Pirlo (p) 11.02.04 v S.S. Lazio 0-4 15.02.04 v US Lecce (A) 1-1 Shevchenko 21.02.04 v FC Internazionale (H) 3-2 Tomasson, Kaká, Seedorf 78,334 29.02.04 v S.S. Lazio (A) 07.03.04 v Sampdoria UC (H) 14.03.04 v Juventus FC (A) 21.03.04 v Parma AC (H) 28.03.04 v AC Chievo Verona (H) 04.04.04 v Modena FC (A) 10.04.04 v Empoli FC (A) 18.04.04 v Siena AC (A) 25.04.04 v Udinese Calcio (A) 02.05.04 v AS Roma (H) 09.05.04 v Reggina Calcio (A) 16.05.04 v Brescia Calcio (H)

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Head to head

AC SPARTA PRAHA v AC MILAN

AC Sparta Praha v Italian clubs Season Opponents Home Away Competition 1966-67 Bologna FC 2-2 1-2 Fairs Cup 1969-70 FC Internazionale 0-1 0-3 Fairs Cup 1972-73 AC Milan 0-1 0-1 Cup Winners’ Cup 1984-85 Juventus 1-0 0-3 Champion Clubs’ Cup 1992-93 Parma AC 0-0 0-2 Cup Winners’ Cup 1995-96 AC Milan 0-0 0-2 UEFA Cup 1996-97 AC Fiorentina 1-1 1-2 Cup Winners’ Cup 1997-98 Parma AC 0-0 2-2 UEFA Champions League 2000-01 S.S. Lazio 0-1 0-3 UEFA Champions League 2003-04 S.S. Lazio 1-0 2-2 UEFA Champions League Total balance: Played: 20; Won: 2; Drawn: 7; Lost: 11; Goals For: 11; Goals Against: 29 AC Milan v Czech clubs Season Opponents Home Away Competition 1972-73 AC Sparta Praha 1-0 1-0 Cup Winners’ Cup 1978-79 FK Lokomotiva Kosice 1-0 0-1 (1) UEFA Cup 1992-93 SK Slovan Bratislava 4-0 1-0 Champion Clubs’ Cup 1995-96 AC Sparta Praha 2-0 0-0 UEFA Cup Total balance: Played: 8; Won: 6; Drawn: 1; Lost: 1; Goals For: 10; Goals Against: 1 (1) After extra-time: AC Milan won penalty shoot-out 7-5

Record in Europe

AC SPARTA PRAHA

Ap MP W D L GF GA European Champion Clubs’ Cup 18 102 42 22 38 144 136 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 6 30 15 5 10 68 32 UEFA Cup 6 26 13 4 9 39 33 Fairs Cup 3 10 2 2 6 11 20 Total 33 168 72 33 63 262 221

AC MILAN

Ap MP W D L GF GA European Champion Clubs’ Cup 19 153 83 35 35 275 133 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 4 30 17 10 3 47 20 UEFA Cup 8 60 31 11 18 90 57 Fairs Cup 3 13 5 3 5 11 13 Total 34 256 136 59 61 423 223

Ap=Appearances MP=Matches Played W=Won D=Drawn L=Lost GF=Goals For GA=Goals Against

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Booking List First Knock-out

Qualifying Group Stage 1 First Quarter Semi Final phases Matchdays Knock-Out Finals Finals Y R 1 2 3 4 5 6 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd AC SPARTA PRAHA Petr JOHANA Y Y Y Radoslav KOVÁČ Y Martin PETRÁŠ 1 Mirko POLEDICA 1 Martin ZBONČÁK 1

AC MILAN Massimo AMBROSINI 1 Y * Christian BROCCHI Y Marcos Evangelista ‘CAFU’ Y Ivan Gennaro GATTUSO R Filippo INZAGHI Y Paolo MALDINI Y Alessandro NESTA R Giuseppe PANCARO Y Andrea PIRLO 1 Y * Clarence SEEDORF 1

Y Booked R sent off ### suspension for at least 1 match * misses next match if booked

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Referee, Assistants and Delegates

AC SPARTA PRAHA v AC MILAN Referee Graham Poll (England) Asst. Referees David Babski (England) and Darren Drysdale (England) 4th Official Robert Styles (England) Delegate Henk Kesler (Netherlands) Ref. Observer Mario Van der Ende (Netherlands) Media Officer Gyorgy Szöllösi

Graham POLL (England)

Date of Birth: 29.07.1963 in Hitchin Hometown: Tring Profession: Sales Manager Languages: English Height-Weight: 184 cm – 86 kg Referee since: 1980 1st Division: 1993 FIFA Badge: 1996 Tournaments: European Under-16 Championship (Austria 1996) EURO 2000 World Cup (Japan / Korea 2002) Other sports: Golf Hobbies: Food / Travelling / Wine

International matches Date Res Venue Competition 01.05.96 – Spain 3-0 Gottsdorf Under-16 06.05.96 – Germany 3-2* Stockerau Under-16 23.06.96 Aalborg BK – Hapoel Haifa 5-4 Aalborg Intertoto Cup 04.10.96 Switzerland – Azerbaijan 1-0 Gossau Under-18 09.11.96 Serbia and Montenegro – Czech Republic 3-0 Novi Sad Under-21 02.04.97 Azerbaijan – 1-2 Baku World Cup 30.07.97 FK Kareda– Anorthosis Famagusta FC 1-1 Siauliai Champions Cup 12.08.97 Helsingborgs IF – Ferencvárosi TC 0-1 Helsingborg UEFA Cup 30.09.97 Fenerbahçe SK – FC Steaua Bucuresti 1-2 UEFA Cup 04.11.97 Real Valladolid – FC Spartak Moskva 1-2 Valladolid UEFA Cup 26.11.97 K. Lierse SK – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-2 Ghent Champions League 05.08.98 Valencia CF – RCD Espanyol 2-0 Valencia Intertoto Cup 26.08.98 PSV Eindhoven – NK Maribor 4-1* Eindhoven Champions Cup 30.09.98 Galatasaray SK – Athletic Club Bilbao 2-1 Istanbul Champions League 20.10.98 Grasshopper-Club – AC Fiorentina 0-2 Zurich UEFA Cup 24.11.98 Real Sociedad – Club Atlético de Madrid 2-1 San Sebastian UEFA Cup 04.03.99 Panionios GS – S.S. Lazio 0-4 Cup Winners’ Cup 09.06.99 Switzerland – Italy 0-0 Lausanne EURO 2000 28.07.99 FC Dynamo Kyiv – FK Zalgiris Vilnius 2-0 Kiev Champions Cup 11.08.99 NK Dinamo Zagreb – MTK Hungária FC 0-0 Zagreb Champions Cup 14.09.99 Bayer 04 Leverkusen – S.S. Lazio 1-1 Leverkusen Champions League 29.09.99 Boavista FC – 1-1 Porto Champions League 20.10.99 FC Spartak Moskva – FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1-2 Moscow Champions League 23.11.99 Bologna FC – Galatasaray SK 1-1 Bologna UEFA Cup

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First Knock-out Round First Leg Prague 24 February 2004 AC SPARTA PRAHA – AC MILAN 09.03.00 AS Monaco – Real Mallorca 1-0 Monte Carlo UEFA Cup 09.05.00 FC Bayern München – Real Madrid CF 2-1 Munich Champions League 16.06.00 Czech Republic – France 1-2 Bruges EURO 2000 21.06.00 – 0-0 Arnhem EURO 2000 20.09.00 Olympiakos Piraeus FC – 2-1 Athens Champions League 11.10.00 Netherlands – Portugal 0-2 World Cup 08.11.00 Helsingborgs IF – Paris Saint-Germain FC 1-1 Helsingborg Champions League 06.12.00 RC Deportivo La Coruña – AC Milan 0-1 La Coruña Champions League 15.02.01 AEK Athens – FC Barcelona 0-1 Athens UEFA Cup 08.03.01 1. FC Kaiserslautern – PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Kaiserslautern UEFA Cup 22.08.01 Lille OSC – Parma AC 0-1 Lille Champions Cup 01.09.01 Slovenia – Russia 2-1 Ljubljana World Cup 11.09.01 AS Roma – Real Madrid CF 1-2 Champions League 17.10.01 Juventus Football Club – Rosenborg BK 1-0 Turin Champions League 23.10.01 Olympique Lyonnais – FC Barcelona 2-3 Lyon Champions League 21.11.01 Panathinaikos FC – FC Porto 0-0 Athens Champions League 21.02.02 FC Internazionale – AEK Athens 3-1 Milan UEFA Cup 12.03.02 Real Madrid CF – AC Sparta Praha 3-0 Madrid Champions League 08.06.02 Italy – Croatia 1-2 Ibaraki World Cup 28.08.02 FC Dynamo Kyiv – PFC Levski Sofia 1-0 Kiev Champions Cup 07.09.02 Lithuania – Germany 0-2 Kaunas EURO 2004 18.09.02 FC Bayern München – RC Deportivo La Coruña 2-3 Munich Champions League 29.10.02 Club Brugge KV – FC Barcelona 0-1 Bruges Champions League 28.11.02 FC Porto – RC Lens 3-0 Porto UEFA Cup 25.02.03 BV – Real Madrid CF 1-1 Dortmund Champions League 20.03.03 Besiktas JK – S.S. Lazio 1-2 Istanbul UEFA Cup 22.04.03 FC Barcelona – Juventus Football Club 1-2 Barcelona Champions League 07.06.03 Denmark – Norway 1-0 EURO 2004 13.08.03 Rosenborg BK – RC Deportivo La Coruña 0-0 Trondheim Champions Cup 10.09.03 Belgium – Croatia 2-1 Brussels EURO 2004 21.10.03 Juventus Football Club – Real Sociedad 4-2 Turin Champions League 04.11.03 FC Porto – 1-0 Porto Champions League 15.11.03 Spain – Norway 2-1 Valencia EURO 2004 24.02.04 AC Sparta Praha – AC Milan Praha Champions League

* After extra-time

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