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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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I thought 1954 was their peak when they reached the world cup final?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

i mean the '52 squad won the Olympics, where they beat Sweden 6-2 in the semi-finals, its really the same squad, just 2 years older. In '54 you also had Puskas injured until finals and such

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