{"id":37535,"date":"2022-06-05T12:06:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T12:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/englands-flat-showing-against-hungary-and-their-kid-fans-didnt-leave-a-good-impression\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T12:06:38","slug":"englands-flat-showing-against-hungary-and-their-kid-fans-didnt-leave-a-good-impression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/englands-flat-showing-against-hungary-and-their-kid-fans-didnt-leave-a-good-impression\/","title":{"rendered":"England’s flat showing against Hungary and their kid fans didn’t leave a good impression"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – If England are thrown off their stride by the sound of roughly 30,000 children and their vuvuzelas, how are they going to handle a fearsome Allianz Arena against Germany on Tuesday night?<\/p>\n

The UEFA Nations League pales into insignificance in the context of the grueling end to domestic football just passed and the World Cup in Qatar later this year, but Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Hungary only raises further questions of if England are capable of thriving consistently without home comforts.<\/p>\n

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Gareth Southgate has spoken about the issue with his players during meetings this week, mindful that only 10 of the 23-man squad which reached the 2018 World Cup semifinals in Russia are in this latest group, the vast majority of which reached last year’s Euro 2020 final while training at the St George’s Park base and playing just one game away from Wembley.<\/p>\n

These certainly were unusual conditions. A game that was supposed to be played behind closed doors due to UEFA sanctions stemming from Hungary supporters’ racist and homophobic behavior at Euro 2020 ended up with a raucous crowd in the tens of thousands as the hosts exploited a clause in the regulations. Schoolchildren were allowed into the Puskas Arena – up to ten per accompanying adult – and with vuvuzelas in ready supply, they created a din reminiscent of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.<\/p>\n

At times, England looked like the disjointed, sterile team of that tournament, unable to generate any sustained momentum in a game where they had greater possession but created little of note until a late flurry after Dominik Szoboszlai’s 66th-minute penalty.<\/p>\n