Second yellow card
The Czech champions were already 1-0 up through a 24th-minute Lukáš Hartig goal when Feyenoord defender Ulrich van Gobbel was sent off for a second bookable offence following a challenge on Libor Sionko in the penalty area.

Confident strike
Defender Vladimír Labant calmly stroked the resulting penalty kick past Feyenoord goalkeeper Edwin Zoetebier for Sparta's second goal on 38 minutes and the Dutch side rarely threatened from then onwards.

All-action Sparta
Even in the first half, Bert van Marwijk's side had been unable to deal with Sparta's all-action attacking style, and their patient passing movements were repeatedly broken up by Sparta players racing through midfield.

Good goalkeeping
Hartig and Sionko were a constant threat to Feyenoord with their darting runs down the wing, and it was only through some good saves from Zoetebier in the second half that the Dutch side were spared an even more abject defeat.

Superb pass
The tiring Feyenoord defenders held Sparta at bay until the 70th minute when an excellent, threaded ball from inside his own half by Rastislav Michalík went beyond defender Ferry de Haan and found Marek Kincl who poked the ball over the diving goalkeeper and into an empty net.

Unstoppable finish
Three minutes later it got even worse for Feyenoord when Jirí Jarošik 's neat lay-off was met by on-rushing Slovakian midfielder Michalík who put an unstoppable low shot past Zoetebier from the edge of the penalty area.

Top of the table
Three points for Sparta sees them overtake FC Bayern München at the top of the Group H table by virtue of their superior goal difference. Having already drawn with the German champions at the Olympiastadion, Sparta could now mount a serious challenge to win the group outright.