Hungary went on to humiliate England at its own home field 0-4.
Phil Foden’s expression says it all: Hungary had just moved to 3-0. AOP
English manager Gareth Southgate knew that this time the home audience had to be offered the best.
There were three disappointments in the League of Nations behind it. England had not yet taken their first win before Tuesday and did not score a game situation.
The plan was to flock Hungary to Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton.
It went badly.
Hungary ran from the Three Lions team underfoot and escaped to a somewhat incomprehensible 4-0 away victory.
This is the ugliest home loss of England since 1928. That’s when Scotland humiliated a beloved neighbor for 1-5 years.
Fans were already starting to leave the gallery Roland Sallain after the second (0-2) goal. In the final whistle, the audience “rewarded” the home team with a huge whistle concert.
Southgate, who was still the UK’s greatest hero a year ago when leading the national team to the European Championship finals, was particularly hard-pressed.
– You get fired in the morning, it sang.
Now there are a couple of matches ahead in September where England can still save their “league place” in the A-League. Right now, it’s firmly the last in its block.
Hungary has a bad habit of dropping the English on the surface. Known as the “Match of the Century,” the game lifted Ferenc Puskásin became world star in 1953.
At that time, Hungary silenced Wembley 6–3, and no one believed that the mainland of football was the best in the world.