SPARTA DOMINATES
SPARTA—DFC PRAG, 4:1 (2:0)
Janda(3), Mazal(1) - Less(1) — Old rivals meet three years later — Sparta's attack vs. DFC Prag's defence — The highest authorities to watch the prestigious match.

After three of the last meetings between DFC Prag and A.C. Sparta, which ended in a 4:1 result for the Germans, the teams met again in November 1920, under completely different circumstances than the last meetings. This match was characterized by the consolidation of an agreement between Czech and German clubs, thus valuing a respectful match at a very high level. By coincidence it was the first Czech-German match in Prague, organized after the conclusion of the agreement.

This match would be witnessed by the highest authorities from Czechoslovakia.

There was a huge demand for tickets, the seats were almost sold out. Numerous bets were also placed on winning and various bookmakers. The climax of this match between the best team from Prague and the leading German club from Prague created an unprecedented stir in the local sports audience, which eagerly awaited a wonderful, long-unseen match between old rivals. The last match was in 1917, in a match that DFC Prag had won 4:1. In the general retrospective of the meetings until this match, the Germans won 13 matches; A.C. Sparta only won 2. However, recent years have reflected a decline on the part of DFC Prag. The war period raised the level of Czech football and a number of elite teams grew in Prague.

For this match it was reported that Karel Pešek-Káďa and Antonín Janda, two indispensable footballers for the team, would be completing 200 matches for the club.


Friendly match: 07/11/1920, Sunday, at 14:25.
A.C. Sparta — DFC Prag 4:1 (2:0)
Place: Letná, Prague.
Referee: Josef Fanta (Karlín).
Linesmen: ?
Estimated attendance: 20.000.

A.C. Sparta: Mates — Hojer, Pospíšil — Kolenatý, Káďa(c), Perner — Sedláček, Janda, Pilát, Máca, Mazal.
Coach: John Dick.

DFC Prag: Schlaf — ?, Berger — Jirásek, Cimera, Krompholz(c) — Popovic, ?, Less, Svoboda, Langweil.
Coach: —

Goals: Janda(3: 13min, 62min, 63min) and Mazal(39min[penalty]) — 
             Less(84min[penalty).


This was a match considered of high football scope due to its representativeness, but not due to the equal performance of the players on the field, especially from DFC Prag, which, notoriously, was too far from the level of A.C. Sparta. The home team, in turn, did not do their best, as their constant dominance did not require the true potential of Czechoslovakia's main team.

Reflected through the constant attacks of the A.C. Sparta vanguard, little was observed, in productive terms, of the attacks of the Germans.

Shortly after the first ten minutes, Janda opened the scoring for the home team. A few minutes later, Máca and Václav Pilát exchanged positions — the veteran centre-forward was very slow. Before the end of the first half, Otakar Mazal converted a penalty for A.C. Sparta.


MATCH REPORT: Sparta had a safe advantage throughout the game and therefore did not exert themselves too much and were not forced to give their all.


In the second half, Sparta was constantly on the attack, which was only occasionally interrupted by some actions of the guests. Some minutes after the 60th minute, Janda passed through the guests' defence and scored the third goal. Right after that, the same player penetrated from the kick-off again with a beautiful shot and recorded the fourth goal. Before the end of the game, the referee gave a penalty kick to DFC Prag, which was converted by the Englishman Less. Sparta was in continuous superiority until the end of the game, but could not express it numerically, precisely due to the great performance of goalkeeper Schalf.


MATCH REPORT: Sparta's defence and half-back line was at the usual level, while only Mazal and Janda stood out in the attack, Pilát was slow. For DFC, the best man was the Englishman Less, next to him Popovic stands out on the wing. German goalkeeper Schlaf had a great day and saved the team from a bigger defeat.