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had never been beaten at Wembley – this would be a 3–0, 4–0 maybe even 5–0 demolition of a small country who were just coming into European football. They called Puskás the 'Galloping Major' because he was in the army – how could this guy serving for the Hungarian army come to Wembley and rifle us to defeat? But the way they played, their technical brilliance and expertise – our WM formation was kyboshed in ninety minutes of football. The game had a profound effect, not just on myself but on all of us." Robson went on to say: "That one game alone changed our thinking. We thought we would demolish this team – England at Wembley, we are the masters, they are the pupils. It was absolutely the other way."
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Robb was fouled by Grosics; Ramsey scored from the penalty spot. The rest of the game was end-to-end, but Hungary defended well and England had no clear chances. The final score was 6–3; Hungary had 35 shots on goal to England's five and their final goal, a Hidegkuti volley, followed a ten-pass sequence.
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In addition, the England team members were not used to playing together as a team on a regular basis, whilst the Hungarians had the benefit of four years' experience of playing together at a club and international level. The fitness of the Hungarians in comparison to the English players was notable;
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The second half continued in the same vein; Hungary the better team technically and tactically, with the English team constantly drawn out of position. Bozsik scored in the 52nd minute to make it 5–2; Hidegkuti completed his hat-trick with a volley on 55 minutes to make it 6–2. On an England attack,
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Sir Bobby Robson said of the game: "We saw a style of play, a system of play that we had never seen before. None of these players meant anything to us. We didn't know about Puskás. All these fantastic players, they were men from Mars as far as we were concerned. They were coming to England, England
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newspaper report of the game was representative of the impact that Hungary's style of play had made: "The English team was competent by British standards except at inside forward, but on the evidence of this afternoon this standard will not long be good enough for England to retain her position in
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The first sign that England was no longer on top of the game could be seen one month before the match against Hungary, when England on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the FA, encountered a European XI on 21 October 1953 in Wembley and drew luckily, thanks to a hardly justified last minute
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The England national team had suffered just one defeat on home soil against foreign opposition, which had been in 1949 against a de facto FAI Ireland side that contained a number of players that also played for Northern Ireland during this period (FIFA would later ban both the FAI and IFA from
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was denied a goal on his debut due to excellent goalkeeping by Grosics, and Mortensen scored for England on 38 minutes. England had the better of the last minutes of the half, but the half time scoreline of 4–2 to Hungary was a fair reflection of the overall superiority of the visiting side.
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Pat Ward-Thomas of The Guardian commented, "...the immense advantage of playing together so often, superior fitness (the Hungarians always looked finer athletes with their poised, beautifully balanced movements), and extraordinary understanding was obvious."
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to draw equal on 15 minutes. However, Hungary proved irresistible; in the 20th minute Hidegkuti scored again from a poor England clearance, and four minutes later Ferenc Puskás scored the third goal via the soon to be famous
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powering a shot past Gil Merrick. It was immediately apparent that the rigid English WM formation was unable to cope with the more fluid Hungarian tactics; time and again Hidegkuti and
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On 23 May 1954, England visited Budapest in the hope of avenging the 6–3 defeat; instead, Hungary beat England 7–1. It still ranks as England's heaviest footballing defeat.
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The result sent a shockwave through English football; for the first time, English manager and coaches started to look to the continent for tactical and training advances.
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was amongst the first to recognise that competing with the best European sides was essential to further the English game, and ensured that his team competed in the early
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had a torrid time, as he was unable to decide whether to man-mark the deep-lying Hidegkuti or to remain in position and allow him to roam the pitch freely.
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drew English players out of position, allowing the more technically skilled Hungarian players to bypass their markers with ease. In particular, England
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was an admirer of the Hungarian team, and enjoyed a late flourish to his playing career by adopting the Hidegkuti withdrawn centre forward role at
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approached the speed, ball control, and positional play of the Hungarians, which were as near perfect as one could hope to see."
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the high places of the football world. The essential difference lay in attack, where none of the English forwards except
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England hoped this would be their biggest defeat, however they ended up with an even bigger loss to Hungary, losing
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The result was largely determined by tactical naïveté from the English manager and players. When playing the
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winning side contained something of a club nucleus when Ramsey selected three West Ham players (
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was a swift adopter of the Hungarian principles, and used them to build the first English
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adopted training and coaching schedules based on the Hungarian coaching styles.
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and said, 'We should be alright here, Stan, they haven't got the proper kit'."
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The Hungarian team lined up in the 3–2–3–2 formation pioneered by their coach,
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England were still capable of creating chances when they could get the ball;
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The match was played on 25 November 1953 in front of 105,000 spectators at
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and the introduction of a deep-lying centre-forward position, occupied by
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The Hungarian team was unbeaten since May 1950 and had won the
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and Greenwood may be measured from the fact that England's
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free-kick. There was a brief rally when Tottenham winger
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Hungary kicked off, and scored within the first minute –
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called the penalty "a gift given to us by the referee".
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built a successful European Cup Winners Cup side at
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