Complex sentence: It was a much better result than his first cap, as a substitute for John Devine, in the 4-1 defeat to Czechoslovakia, played in the Stadion Evžena Rošického on September 26 1979.
Split into simpler sentences: It was a much better result than his first cap, also as a substitute but for John Devine. That game was the 4-1 defeat to Czechoslovakia, played in the Stadion Evžena Rošického on September 26 1979.