Karl Zischek

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Karl "Karli" Zischek (born August 28, 1910 , † October 6, 1985 ) was an Austrian football player in the position of a striker .

He was the right winger of the legendary wonder team and formed the right-wing duo together with right-hand connector Friedrich Gschweidl . Karl Zischek also took part in the 1934 World Cup, where he reached the semi-finals with the Austrian team. With his parent club Wacker , for which he scored goals in the championship for almost 20 years, he was able to win the double in 1947 - the only title in the history of the small suburb club.

Career

Wonder team era

Karl Zischek began his career in Meidling at Wacker in 1929. Two years later, he was allowed to make his debut for the Austrian team against Scotland on May 16, 1931 . The Scots had so far been unbeaten on the European mainland, in Vienna they lost 5-0, Zischek himself scored two goals. This match is considered to be the birth of the wonder team. A few weeks later, Karl Zischek and Team Germany beat 6-0 in Berlin and 5-0 in Vienna . The Switzerland was 8: 1, Hungary defeated 2: With the eighth The winger made his best game in the Austrian national team in the only defeat of the wonder team. In London they lost to England 3: 4.

England were unbeaten at home and should remain so for another 20 years. And so far no team from mainland Europe had managed to score more than one honorary goal against the English at home. The RAVAG broadcast the match live on the Vienna Heldenplatz . At Wembley Stadium , however, the Austrians were already 2-0 back at the break before they played their famous combination game in the second half. After a pass from Sindelar , Zischek shortened to 1: 2 in the 51st minute, but in the end they lost 4: 3, although Adolf Vogl missed the chance to equalize shortly before the end. The Austrian journalists praise the technically high quality game played by the Austrians. Towards the end of the era of the miracle team, Karl Zischek scored one more goal each against France in a 4-0 win and in a 6-1 win over Belgium .

World Championship 1934

Even after the miracle team disintegrated in 1933, Karl Zischek was still able to celebrate some successes with the national team and remained undefeated until the 1934 World Cup. In the 4-2 away win against Italy in the spring of the world championship year, Karl Zischek even scored three goals. At the World Cup in Italy, Austria was in the semi-finals against the hosts after victories over France and Hungary , where Zischek also scored. Austria started very ambitiously, but failed mainly due to a dubious referee performance.

In the 18th minute, the Italian Orsi broke through on the left wing and crossed to the center. Austrian goalkeeper Peter Platzer jumped up and caught the ball, but was fouled by Meazza and Schiavio and pushed over the goal line when falling. Platzer was left on the ground in a daze, but the Swedish referee Eklind, Benito Mussolini's guest of honor the day before, still recognized this goal. In the second season, the referee's next offense came when he deliberately headed a cross towards Zischek, who was standing alone in front of goalkeeper Combi. After the disappointing World Cup in 1934, Austria was able to qualify for the next big tournament in 1938 with Zischek, but was not allowed to participate after the annexation of Austria by the German Reich in 1938.

Double with Wacker

During the Second World War, Karl Zischek played quite successfully with his club Wacker and narrowly missed winning the "Gauliga Ostmark" several times. After the end of the war, however, the club achieved rapid promotion, and the winger was even allowed to play for two games in the newly founded Austrian national team. In 1947 they won the championship before Rapid and the cup final against Austria 4: 3 , with younger players like Gerhard Hanappi being the driving force behind the Meidlingers. Karl Zischek finally ended his first division career after this season.

Then he was still active as a player at Meidlinger FC and SC Preßbaum . In 1950 he took over the coaching position at VfB Mödling .

Karl Zischek was buried at the Oberlaa cemetery (group 9, row 16, number 2).

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