Hungary 1 England 0 LIVE REACTION: Tamed Three Lions suffer humiliating first defeat to Hungarians in 60 years – updates
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ENGLAND threw away a sixty year record as they were disappointingly beaten by Hungary for the first time since 1962.
Reece James was harshly penalised for a soft touch on Zsolt Nagy in the penalty area within minutes of entering the frame.
And Hungarian talisman Dominik Szoboszlai welcomed the gift with open arms when he rifled his spot-kick into the bottom corner of Jordan Pickford's net.
But it's admittedly nothing less than England deserve having displayed a poor showing which will be a worry for Gareth Southgate as they have tougher opposition to come.
- RESULT: Hungary 1-0 England
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- Hungary XI: Gulacsi; Lang, Orban, Szalai; Nego, Schafer, A.Nagy, Z.Nagy; Sallai, Szoboszlai
- England XI: Pickford; Walker, Coady, Maguire; Alexander-Arnold, Bellingham, Rice, Justin; Bowen, Mount; Kane
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He is keen to break Wayne Rooney’s record before this winter’s World Cup in Qatar.
Rooney scored 53 goals for his country and the Nations League hectic fixture schedule will give Kane six games to achieve that goal.
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Due to children and guardians being able to attend today’s game in line with UEFA’s ruling, the Puskas Arena can expect to see in excess of 30,000 fans for the game.
It will be a very different proposition from the ‘closed doors’ game England were expecting.
Southgate will have to ensure his players stayed focussed on the task at hand.
Welcome to Hungary vs England
England travel to Budapest for their Nations League opening game against a familiar foe with these two sides having met in World Cup qualifying in the last 12 months.
The Three Lions took four points from those two encounters, despite Hungary gaining a creditable 1-1 draw at Wembley, England winning comfortably 4-0 in Budapest.
The game was marred by reports of racism towards England’s players which led initially to the game being planned to be played behind closed doors, although it is now reported that around 30,000 fans will be in attendance.
Phil Foden will miss the games with Hungary and Germany after testing positive for Covid-19, the Man City midfielder has been sent home but boss Southgate says he should be available got the games against Italy and Hungary at Molineux.
Defenders Fikayo Tomori and Marc Guehi are injured and will miss out, while Raheem Sterling has missed some training sessions but should be fit.
England’s only real injury worry was the withdrawal of Arsenal centre-back Ben White as he struggles to shake off a muscular injury.
James Justin continues his positive comeback from a long injury lay-off and is hoping to push for his first England cap.