England beat Hungary in their World Cup qualifier on the road but drew at Wembley in their most recent encounter.
Instead Attila Szalai shuffles across and wins the ball in the air nodding it out of play. 11 mins: Chance! A good from Jarrod Bowen sees his effort at goal blocked behind by Attila Szalai. Declan Rice did well to win it in midfield and quickly guide the ball up to Kane who heads it into the box. 14 mins: Close! Conor Coady to the rescue for England as Hungary switch the play out to the right where Nego brings it down and fizzes an early ball into the box. Kane crosses one into the middle and the ball bounces up nicely for the arriving Mason Mount who can’t head it towards goal. England beat Hungary in their World Cup qualifier on the road but drew at Wembley in their most recent encounter. He’ll also be hoping England can keep up their recent record of challenging for honours in whichever competition they are taking part in.
Dominik Szoboszlai's penalty secured a deserved victory for the hosts against Gareth Southgate's below-par side in Budapest.
Hungary were ordered to play three home games without supporters as punishment for fan racism at Euro 2020. At the other end, Pickford was required to palm away a Zsolt Nagy strike before almost being caught out by Adam Szalai’s speculative lob from distance. Gareth Southgate was forced into a half-time change with Justin replaced by Bukayo Saka after suffering what appeared to be a calf problem. The game was technically played behind closed doors after Uefa punished Hungary for “discriminatory behaviour” by supporters during Euro 2020 last summer. PUSKAS ARENA — England’s players were booed as they took the knee before a game against Hungary that was supposed to be played behind closed doors due to fan racism. England got their Nations League campaign off to a poor start after slipping to a 1-0 defeat against Hungary at the Puskas Arena with RB Leipzig playmaker Dominik Szoboszlai scoring the winner from the penalty spot.
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"I don't want to be too harsh on the players, these are games we need to learn from. A draw would've been fair, we had enough possession, we weren't incisive around the box, and we didn't create too many clear-cut chances. We need to look at how we performed and how we move forward because these are big games for us." "We need to look at this performance and learn from it very quickly. We need to tidy up and bounce back. Conor Coady cleared an early Szoboszlai effort off the line, before Zsolt Nagy and Adam Szalai both went close to opening the scoring.
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England head into this game on the back of a nine-match unbeaten streak following their penalty shootout defeat against Italy in the final of Euro 2020. 23rd minute: Not a great deal of goalmouth action as we reach the midway point of the half. 27th minute: Justin combines with Mount on the edge of the Hungary box but then signals he needs treatment — it looks like some discomfort with his calf muscle. 30th minute: Chance for Hungary! Bellingham loses the ball and Hungary look to spring that break behind Alexander-Arnold again. It's not been a thrill-a-minute affair, certainly from an England standpoint — if anything, you'd say Hungary have been the better side, with a clear and effective counter-attacking plan. 35th minute: Nego is causing problems down England's left and his latest delivery has the visiting defence scrambling to cover until Pickford gathers the ball. Bowen tries an ambitious half-volley after the corner is cleared, and it flies well over the bar. Gareth Southgate handed full debuts to James Justin and Jarrod Bowen at the Puskas Arena in front of a crowd of close to 40,000 spectators. 64th minute: PENALTY HUNGARY! James nudges a ball back to Pickford under pressure and seems to have hold of Nagy as he does so. Kane played the ball to his left after good work from Bowen and Mount's cut-back attempt was deflected behind. He smashes a first-time shot into the side-netting, with Gulacsi left standing and watching. The Chelsea wing-back tried to nudge a long ball back to Pickford when under pressure from Zsolt Nagy, who fell to the floor after James put an arm on his shoulder.
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