As a Hungarian, who is infatuated with the national team, growing up in the late naughties and early 2010’s, I was not exactly accustomed to seeing my beloved reds represent the country of roughly 10 million people, at a national tournament. Let alone three consecutive tournaments. As a matter of fact, none of us Hungarians, who were alive between 1986 and 2016, were used to seeing the “Mighty Magyars” on the TV, whenever the World Cup was on. In the aforementioned timeframe, the team failed to qualify for a single international tournament.
This meant, that, back then, if you were Hungarian, and an avid follower of football, like such a big chunk of this nation’s population happens to be, you had to settle for a different nation’s team, come the World Cup or the Euros. The nation’s failure to appear in any tournaments within those years may leave many people scratching their heads, given the nation’s significant success in the first half of the 20th century. The Hungarian national team of the 1950’s has become known all over the world, as the “Mighty Magyars”. They were renowned for their revolutionary type of football, spearheaded by masterclass coach, Gusztáv Sebes. Sebes’ form of football was cited as an influence by many, including none other than Johann Cruyf. The team’s star-studded line-up was brimming with future legends (players, who your hungarian friend is likely to never shut up about), such as Puskás, Grosics, Bozsik, Kubala and Czíbor. The Golden Team went unbeaten between 1950 and 1954, did the “double” over England, dismantling them 3-6 in London, and 7-1 in Budapest, and also won the 1952 Olympics. The team’s marching came to an end in the Final of the 1954 World Cup, where, despite leading 2-0 just ten minutes into the game, the team ended up losing 2-3 to Germany, in what would be known as the „Miracle Of Bern”. At the time of writing, and possibly for the …
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Author : Henrik Vamos
Publish date : 2024-09-10 13:30:00
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