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70 years ago the match of the century was played between England(3) and Hungary(6). The return fixture saw Hungary trash England 7-1, England’s largest defeat to this day. (alien.top)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Was this to do with the Hungarians not using the only formation (the oddly named traditional 5-3-2) that the England players understood so they were stuck rigidly marking thin air?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

In the quote he says England were playing a WM formation, which was 3-2-2-3.

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