You have to go back to a 5-1 conceded against Scotland in 1928 to find traces of such a wide home defeat for the Three Lions.

The joy of the Hungarian players after their 4-0 victory over England during their Nations League match on June 14, 2022 in Wolverhampton Adrian DENNIS AFP

They find themselves dead last in their group with 2 points in 4 matches, behind their executioner of the day, Hungary (7 points), Germany (6 pts) and Italy (5 pts).

England can even start to worry about staying in League A, when they still have a trip to Italy on September 23, before receiving Germany on the 26th.

Already not very dashing during the first three days, the English seemed even more blunt and out of ideas against an uncomplicated, well organized and highly motivated Hungary.

You only have to see the way John Stones got "eaten" in the aerial duel that brought Roland Sallai's first goal (0-1, 15th) to measure the difference in determination between the two teams.

On the second goal, Martin Adam, much sharper than Kalvin Philips, stole the ball from him before magnificently serving Sallai who concluded with an outside left on which Aaron Ramsdale, was not faultless (0-2, 69th).

The joy of Hungarian midfielder Roland Salai after scoring his second goal against England during their Nations League match on June 14, 2022 in Wolverhampton Adrian DENNIS AFP

The English goalkeeper was no more eleven minutes from the end, on a powerful shot from Zsolt Nagy on the closed side, where he was however (0-3, 79th).

As if that were not enough, after an expulsion from Stones after a second very severe yellow card sent by Clément Turpin (82nd), Daniel Gazdag completed the correction of a ball stung with finesse (0-4, 89th).

Hungarian midfielder Daniel Gazdag scores the 4th goal against English goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale during their Nations League match on June 14, 2022 in Wolverhampton Adrian DENNIS AFP

The missed action by Jared Bowen in the 5th minute – a header stopped on his line by a Hungarian defender – or the bar found with a header by Harry Kane at 0-2 are only miseries.

This event, of which no one expected anything on the English side at this time of the season and 5 months before the World Cup in Qatar, certainly shook the few certainties that the team still had after a chaotic journey since the Euro 2020 final. lost a year ago.

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