The 2022-23 UEFA Nations League continues on Saturday, with Hungary and England meeting in the group stage of the tournament.
England 1-1 Hungary England is captained by Harry Kane, a striker for Tottenham who has made 69 appearances on the national team, with 49 goals. In fact, England hasn’t lost any match since July, when it fell in the Euro 2020 final to Italy on penalty kicks.
Gareth Southgate's England kick-start their 2022-23 Nations League campaign in Hungary on Saturday evening. The Three Lions have been placed in a tough ...
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Harry Kane leads out England for the 46th time as captain, and both teams settle beneath a brightly-coloured waving Nations League flag. Anthems are sung, both ...
We have the same situation in our country." It goes out for a Hungary throw-in. Styles, 22, was born in Bury and has played for Barnsley since 2018. Bowen has another stab at goal, flicking off his left foot, but it's shuffled out and England have their second corner in quick succession. There's no space for a full-throated offensive, and England muzzle them, before Kane is felled by Orban in the England half. It's poked in, but Pickford has come out at the sight of the attack and blocks, before Coady ensures the ball is booted out.
England beat Hungary in their World Cup qualifier on the road but drew at Wembley in their most recent encounter.
Instead Attila Szalai shuffles across and wins the ball in the air nodding it out of play. 11 mins: Chance! A good from Jarrod Bowen sees his effort at goal blocked behind by Attila Szalai. Declan Rice did well to win it in midfield and quickly guide the ball up to Kane who heads it into the box. 14 mins: Close! Conor Coady to the rescue for England as Hungary switch the play out to the right where Nego brings it down and fizzes an early ball into the box. Kane crosses one into the middle and the ball bounces up nicely for the arriving Mason Mount who can’t head it towards goal. England beat Hungary in their World Cup qualifier on the road but drew at Wembley in their most recent encounter. He’ll also be hoping England can keep up their recent record of challenging for honours in whichever competition they are taking part in.
Dominik Szoboszlai's penalty secured a deserved victory for the hosts against Gareth Southgate's below-par side in Budapest.
Hungary were ordered to play three home games without supporters as punishment for fan racism at Euro 2020. At the other end, Pickford was required to palm away a Zsolt Nagy strike before almost being caught out by Adam Szalai’s speculative lob from distance. Gareth Southgate was forced into a half-time change with Justin replaced by Bukayo Saka after suffering what appeared to be a calf problem. The game was technically played behind closed doors after Uefa punished Hungary for “discriminatory behaviour” by supporters during Euro 2020 last summer. PUSKAS ARENA — England’s players were booed as they took the knee before a game against Hungary that was supposed to be played behind closed doors due to fan racism. England got their Nations League campaign off to a poor start after slipping to a 1-0 defeat against Hungary at the Puskas Arena with RB Leipzig playmaker Dominik Szoboszlai scoring the winner from the penalty spot.
England had scored in each of their last 14 games, netting 45 goals along the way, since a goalless draw - almost as frustrating as their Budapest defeat ...
"I don't want to be too harsh on the players, these are games we need to learn from. A draw would've been fair, we had enough possession, we weren't incisive around the box, and we didn't create too many clear-cut chances. We need to look at how we performed and how we move forward because these are big games for us." "We need to look at this performance and learn from it very quickly. We need to tidy up and bounce back. Conor Coady cleared an early Szoboszlai effort off the line, before Zsolt Nagy and Adam Szalai both went close to opening the scoring.
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"It's something we need to look at and learn very quickly. You don't want to hear them things, but it's important we keep on doing what we're doing, to make people talk about the situation. That took a lot out of the players," Southgate said after the game. "It's massively disappointing," Coady said. "The heat was a factor. He pulled back Zsolt Nagy who went down and the referee pointed to the penalty spot.