England suffered their biggest home defeat in almost 100 years on Tuesday, losing 4-0 to Hungary in the UEFA Nations League.
Not since the 5-1 defeat at the hands of Scotland’s Wembley Wizards in 1928, England had been beaten by four goals at home, but Hungary were shattered at Wolverhampton and are now in real danger of relegation. League A to League A. the second least glamorous category in European international football.
Midfielder Roland Sallai, 25, found the back of the net in the first 20 minutes for the Magyars, before England sank in the second half when Sallai scored a second and Zsolt Nagy put the result in doubt. to make it 3-0 with an emphatic. The game had been on for 80 minutes when Gareth Southgate broke through on the right, upping the score for FC to 0 – 5, much to the home crowd’s dismay.
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Hungarian Roland Sallai celebrates after scoring his second goal of the match. Image: Catherine Ivill / Getty Images Source: Getty Images
Notably, Hungary are the first team to score four goals in an away match against England since they themselves won 6-3 at Wembley in 1953.
“It was a night to forget, but we have to take it in stride. We have to move forward, “said England captain Harry Kane.
Harry Kane of England is challenged by Roland Sallai. Image: Catherine Ivill / Getty Images Source: Getty Images
Hungary are now at the top of Group A, Group 3, one point ahead of Germany who beat Italy thanks to a convincing victory over Roberto Mancini’s experimental set at Moenchengladbach.
Thomas Mueller fired in the third after the restart before Serge Gnabry installed Timo Werner to score two quick goals in the second half.
The visitors took the lead when 18-year-old FC Zurich striker Wilfried Gnonto scored 12 minutes from time to become Italy’s youngest goal scorer.
“If we play like we did today, a lot of teams will have a hard time against us,” Gundogan said.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands remain at the top of League A, Group 4, after beating Wales 3-2 in a spectacular final in Rotterdam.
Gareth Bale then seemed to have recovered a point for Wales when he converted a penalty in stoppage time, only because Memphis Depay swept away with a winner in the 93rd minute of the Dutch.
Wales are last in the group with just one point in four games this month, when they focused on qualifying for the World Cup.
Ukraine took first place in Group 1, one point ahead of Scotland who won 4-1 in Armenia with Stuart Armstrong scoring a double before John McGinn and Che Adams added more goals and the hosts finished with nine men.