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Harry Kane and Mason Mount return, Jordan Pickford pulls the gloves back on, and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kyle Walker and Conor Coady come into the defence. Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham retain their spots in midfield, as does Harry Maguire at the back.November 25 1953, and Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, Nándor Hidegkuti, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik, Gyula Grosics et al rock up to Wembley, where they set about putting English football firmly in its place.
You’d have thought the 6-3 humiliation visited upon Walter Winterbottom’s team would have led to a period of reflection, regrouping and realignment … but no.blithely put the thrashing down to a bad day at the office, and few lessons were learned. Off to the Népstadion they went, six months later, to play the return fixture on May 23 1954 with pretty much exactly the same tactical plan. Here’s how that panned out, then, in the words of the pre-MBM-era Manchester Guardian.
“… and finally Hidegkuti sent in a terrific shot just inside the upright from a perfect Czibor pass from his outside left.”“England did not give up the battle and Broadis got a lovely goal from the edge of the area with a hard shot wide of the keeper.”“Hungary’s captain broke away in the centre and shot past Merrick after disposing of the rest of the English defence.
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