Austria 2-2 Czechoslovakia 1934

“Here were two rookies from the provinces, Sterc and Rulc, who—like Cech—hadn’t yet shown the same level of play as their teammates.”

“Rulc, the ‘Brno Express,’ made a better impression than Sterc, who still lacks the necessary composure.”



“The ball goes back to a Czechoslovak player. Rausch has challenged winger Sterc and takes the ball away from him. He passes it across the field to Gschweidl, who, just two minutes into the game, takes a wonderful shot that Patzel can only stop by diving quickly.”

“Sobotka and Sterc have gotten past Sesta; the ball comes in high to Nejedly, who heads it very close to the Austrian goal.”

“Sterc has figured out how to get past Sesta: now he’s repeatedly getting past the Prater player, and Plazer has to intercept the various crosses.”

“Sesta can’t stop Sterc; the Brno player crosses high over the opposing defender toward the empty net, but we’re lucky because Nejedly, who comes running in, shoots wide of the unguarded posts. Sterc appears again; neither Rausch nor Sesta can stop him, but the winger shoots wide.”

“Then, another tactical error by Sesta: his attacking flank is wide open, but we’re lucky that Sterc shoots over the bar.”

“Rulc breaks away, Platzer deflects his shot, but Sobotka fails to capitalize on the opportunity; he immediately passes to Sterc, who has an open net in front of him since Platzer is still on his way back; Sesta blocks the shot—so it only resulted in a corner kick.”