The Czechoslovak Cup, as ever, opposed the winners of the Czech and the Slovak Cups. Sparta won the Czech Cup, beating Slavia at the final, and Slovan won the Slovak Cup prevailing over ZVL Povazska Bystrica. Too bad the Second Division team did not win, but still this was the best ever season of ZVL. The Czechoslovak final was not much of a contest, for Sparta was clearly too strong and they won 3-0.
Slovan was unable to win the Czechoslovak Cup – they were too weak for that, but as a losing finalists they were going to play in the Cup Winners Cup, which was great for moral. After all, Slovan suffered greatly during the 1980s, they were relegated to Second Division, and just came back from it. Good names here, but they would become known largely during the 1990s as Slovak national team players, after Czechoslovakia split. Presently, they were still too young and inexperienced for real success.
Sparta won its 6th Cup and an important double, confirming that they were the strongest Czechoslovak team at the moment. Nothing surprising, really… Sparta had a squad studded with national team players, already well known abroad and desired by foreign clubs. No other club at home had even remotely similar squad, so winning became routine. There is little use to argue the wealth of this squad – it will suffice to say that one of the greatest goalscorers of the Czech Republic, Horst Siegel, was not even a regular starter.
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