The Match Of The Century: England 3-6 Hungary, 1953
By Ollie Irish
“We thought we would demolish this team – England at Wembley, we are the masters, they are the pupils. It was absolutely the other way.”
The late Bobby Robson on how badly England underestimated Hungary.
November 1953: Led by the great Ferenc Puskas, the Mighty Magyars – so fluid, so ahead of their time – gave stiff England an arch lesson in the perils of inflexibility. Sadly, Hungary never won the World Cup they deserved, and equally sadly, England have hardly progressed since this thrashing in their own cathedral. Inflexibility and misplaced arrogance is still the order of the day.
Some rare photos of that great game:
I think it’s safe to predict that there won’t be nine goals tonight at the new Wembley.
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One moment on the video was great, when a player was tripped in the box but even on the ground he passed it to his teammate who scored. You won’t see that nowadays
Anyone see that bloke at the game tonight shout out 4-4-2? You’re right, we still haven’t learnt a thing.
i guess it’s true history does repeat itself. just not 1966.
Why was Puskás the only hungarian in white socks?