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70 years ago the match of the century was played between England(3) and Hungary(6). The return fixture saw Hungary trash England 7-1, England’s largest defeat to this day. (alien.top)
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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (12 children)

What would have been if the Communists didnt go rampant. Hungary might have been an elite team till today.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    If anything communism had a focus on competing at a global level in sports hence why the Soviet Union got to a semifinal, Poland got to two (or three can't remember) and czechoslovakia even won the euros.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    they were still a top team well into the seventies (just checked, and i think the first time they dropped out of the Elo top 10 post-WW2 was 1974).

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    i mean they had a good team, Florian Albert was European Footballer of the Year in ‘67. Just I think they always tried to compare themselves to the ‘52 team and they weren’t able to

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    i mean it’s also would be a ‘what-if’ that if Hungary won in ‘54, does the uprising have in ‘56

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