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"A depressing start to the World Cup. Ron Springett was deceived by the flight of a harmless-looking 15-yard shot from Tichy in the 20th minute, and from then on England were struggling to get into the game on a wet, slippery surface that made every step a challenge. Fifteen minutes into the second-half a goal-bound Greaves shot was handled on the line, and Ron Flowers scored from the penalty spot. Flowers was then reluctantly responsible for Hungary's winning goal. He slipped on the soaked turf and left Florian Albert free to race away and score with a low shot. The form England had flourished 13 months earlier in the 9-3 slaughter of Scotland seemed light years away."

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00:02England in their traditional colours of white shirt and dark shorts kick off.
00:07The pace is fast despite the rain.
00:20A few spectators present were almost lost in the stadium.
00:35The game was fairly even until the 19th minute.
00:38Then Tisci cracked home the first goal for Hungary from about 20 yards.
01:00England had a few chances to score in the remainder of the first half, but they all came to naught.
01:19Peanuts!
01:22Shouting is thirsty work. While the teams were taking a well-earned breather under the stands, the fans dashed off
01:28to wet their whistles.
01:29A good job the interval is short, they couldn't stand that pace for long.
01:34However strange the language and surroundings may have been, the drink stand should have made everybody feel at home, no
01:39matter where they came from.
01:59When the teams came out for the second half, it was still anybody's game.
02:16Maybe the England team had had a tactical talk at half-time.
02:19Whatever the case, they were managing to keep the Hungarian forwards out.
02:33One man in trouble was Keeper Springett, who was having difficulty with the slippery ball.
02:53With a quarter-hour of the second half gone, a Hungarian defender prevented a certain goal by pushing the ball
02:58around the post with his hand.
03:01And the referee gave a penalty.
03:06And Flowers scores!
03:16It's now Hungary won, England won.
03:23From this point, both teams continually piled on the pressure but couldn't break through.
03:27The game looked like ending in a draw.
03:30But with less than 20 minutes to go, Albert took a pass near the goal and made it 2-1
03:35for Hungary.
03:36Thank you very much.
03:38Thank you very much.
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