London: Hungary’s race to embarrass England in UEFA Nations – Football League.
Hungary beat England 4-0 at their home ground, Molineau’s Stadium. In another Group 3 match, former world champions Italy beat Italy 5-2. Germany defeats Italy in Borussia Dortmund Hungary are top with seven points from four games and Germany are second with six points. Italy are third with five points from four games and England are fourth behind with two points.
The next games in the league are in September. England’s last matches are once morest Italy and Germany. England suffered the heaviest defeat at home since 1928. The future of coach Gareth Southgate is also in the balance. English fans continue to criticize him.
Defender John Stones, who was shown two yellow cards, was sent off in the 82nd minute. Gareth South led the team in a 4-3-3 formation while Hungary coach Marco Rossi preferred a 3-4-2-1 formation. Roland Salai’s double (16, 70), Salt Nagy (80) and Daniel Gasdog (89) gave Hungary a convincing victory. For the first time since 2014, Harry Kane and his team have suffered the embarrassment of four consecutive games without a win.
This is Hungary’s second defeat to England at home. The first was a 6-3 victory at Wembley Stadium in 1953.
Timo Werner scored a brace for Germany once morest Italy. Werner’s goals came in the 68th and 69th minutes. Joshua Kimmich, Gundogan and Thomas Mുള്ളller each scored a goal. Wilfried Gondo and Alexandro Bastoni scored for Italy.
Holland beat Wales in an exciting Group D match. Wales drew level in the second minute of injury time, but were beaten by Holland in the next minute. Nova Lang, Cody Gakpo and Memphis Depay scored for the Netherlands. Brennan Johnson and Gareth Bale also scored for Wales. In the same group, Belgium defeated Poland by one goal.
The Netherlands are in first place with 10 points from four matches. Belgium is second with seven points and Poland is third with four points. Wales are in last place with one point. In other matches, Turkey beat Lithuania (2-0) and Montenegro beat Romania (3-0). Ukraine drew 1-1 with Ireland and Luxembourg drew 2-2 with the Faroe Islands.