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In the European Football League of Nations, powerful teams are collapsing one after another. Today England lost to Hungary for the first time in 60 years. An audience of 40,000 Hungarian children watched the match on the spot.
Reporter Bae Bae-jin will tell you what the story is.
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England national team striker Harry Kane, who is aiming for the 50th goal in the A match, had a difficult game from the beginning.
The ball rolled from the left side of the penalty area went over to the right side of the post, and a shot opportunity that was passed over the head to a teammate was blocked by the opposing defense’s meat defense.
England, who continued to flow in the second half, was rather hit by Hungary.
Substitute Rhys James conceded a penalty kick after grabbing an opponent’s striker and knocking him down while fighting for a ball in the air.
Hungary’s leading striker Soboslui scored a penalty kick, and the Hungarian Pushkassi Arena, where the match took place, was filled with cheers from children’s fans.
Hungary originally received a ban on playing this home game without spectators.
It is because of racist behavior such as booing and throwing foreign objects at some English players during the Qatar World Cup qualifiers held in September last year.
However, the Hungarian Football Association allowed close to 40,000 fans to enter, using European Football Federation rules that allow children under the age of 14 to enter matches without spectators for free.
Only one adult per 10 children can enter, so it was a very unusual national competition with most of them being children.
Amid the cheers of the home crowd made up of children, Hungary endured without giving a score to the end.
At the end of the game, even Harry Kane’s powerful shot missed the goal, and Hungary won the game 1-0.
Hungary defeated England for the first time in 60 years since the 1962 World Cup, and the England national team came to an undefeated 22 match A match that had been going on for one year and seven months.
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