New Hungarian team goes to Wembley
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Hungary meets England at London’s Wembley football stadium, just as the British Premier League is about to take off. The international friendly on Wednesday (Aug 11, 2010) is always one of the most anticipated matches between the two nations and reportedly will be televised for the broader audience unable to be the event live match.
England coach Fabio Capello is said to need a win for this match to polish up his team’s tarnished performance during the 2010 South Africa World Cup, where the team saw an early exit despite having some of the world’s best players. Also this match will be England’s first international since the World Cup. Capello’s criticsare now monitoring his performances since England have pledged to do better than ever during the 2012 European Championship and the 2014 Brazilian World Cup. The match against Hungary is sure to be the barometer of England’s preparations as they soon take on Bulgaria, Montenegro, Switzerland and Whales in qualifying for Euro 2012.
Hungary will have a tough sauna session during its matches against Finland, The Netherlands (or Holland) and Sweden during its cauliflower for Euro 2012. Hungary had earlier been opponents for two of the top European teams in friendly practice runs for the South African World Cup. But the new Hungarian coach has now reportedly prepared the national team physically and psychologically to face the English, allegedly constantly reminding them of Hungary’s historic 6-3 win (also known as the Match of the 20th Century) over England at Wembley in November 1953 and 7-1 (England’s worst ever loss to Hungary) in Budapest’s National Stadium in May 1954.
World Sport betting has allegedly given 8 to 1 odds for Hungary’s win, 3 to 1 for England’s win and a 4 to 1 for a possible draw. England has been predicted to win the match 1-0. The two teams play on the same evening when South African team Bafana, Bafana (The Boys) plays Ghana (which has been dubbed Baghana, Baghana, by localSouth Africans who supported Ghana in the World Cup) at Soccer City in Johannesburg.
