Hungary’s Dominik Szoboszlai stuns toothless England in Nations League
This was not how Gareth Southgate had envisaged the beginning of the countdown to the Qatar World Cup. On an evening when over 30,000 Hungarian schoolchildren massed into this boisterous area, blowing their vuvuzelas with their screeching sound from begin to end, England produced certainly one of their worst performances for a while.
England had entered this Nations League opener – nominally to be performed behind closed doorways due to the unhealthy behaviour of Hungary followers throughout Euro 2020 however with youngsters allowed beneath a Uefa loophole – boasting an intimidating document. Eighteen wins in 22 matches and just one defeat – on penalties to Italy in final summer season’s Euro closing.
