Hungary vs England

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.

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"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.