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Greatest match of all time……….
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YouTube has both the 6 -3 at Wembley and the 7-1 return match in Budapest. Until today I'd only seen brief highlights of the first match and have just found the whole game there, colorized. You see the Hungarians playing keepy-uppy with the ball before kick off, a warning sign of what England were in for.Would love to have seen the two Hungary matches against England in the 50s. But that's really before my time. They were the wake-up call for England, apparently. The English finally understood that they had to start participating regularly in World Cups and European club competitions, and just generally get up to speed.
Youtube has about 20 minutes of the return match in 1954 with a Hungarian commentary. Watching that and seeing the people in the stadium in Budapest I wonder how many of those happily cheering folks that day were lost or fled when the bastard Russians invaded two years later.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Netherlands V Argentina 1998 world cup, outstanding game won in 90th minute by one of the greatest goals ever scored.
I must have been living in a parallel universe, because I saw France beat Brazil that summer… ;-)
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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YouTube has both the 6 -3 at Wembley and the 7-1 return match in Budapest. Until today I'd only seen brief highlights of the first match and have just found the whole game there, colorized. You see the Hungarians playing keepy-uppy with the ball before kick off, a warning sign of what England were in for.
Youtube has about 20 minutes of the return match in 1954 with a Hungarian commentary. Watching that and seeing the people in the stadium in Budapest I wonder how many of those happily cheering folks that day were lost or fled when the bastard Russians invaded two years later.
Cheers, will look that up. Years later, Ferenc Puskas was running a modest little café in Budapest. I remember reading the interview with him. Some time in the eighties, I think. Not bitter at all, just philosophical.
He went back home before the fall of the Iron Curtain? Anyway, back to England v. Hungary at Wembley, think that was when the Hungarian players presented each of the England team with bouquets of flowers before the start. Must have made the likes of Billy Wright wonder what these foreign softies were all about.Cheers, will look that up. Years later, Ferenc Puskas was running a modest little café in Budapest. I remember reading the interview with him. Some time in the eighties, I think. Not bitter at all, just philosophical.
Bluemoon2393
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I would probably say the greatest game off all time Is probably Barcelona vs PSG in 2017. Simply because nobody expected Barcelona to come back from losing 4-0 and they managed to pull off the greatest comeback you have ever seen (Along with Sheffield Wednesdays remarkable feat against Peterborough).
What made it even more dramatic was the scored right at the very last kick off the game. PSG should never have lost that round. The final score was 6-5 on aggregate.
What made it even more dramatic was the scored right at the very last kick off the game. PSG should never have lost that round. The final score was 6-5 on aggregate.