- Title
- Hungary's revolutionary Golden Team
- Creator
- Imre, Robert
- Relation
- Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game p. 290-301
- Relation
- Popular Culture and Philosophy 51
- Relation
- http://www.opencourtbooks.com/books_n/soccer.htm
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- 6-3. In itself, not a very remarkable score. The 6-3 defeat of England by Hungary on November 25th, 1953 at Wembley Stadium, however, was a very remarkable match. It wasn't remarkable just because the English side lost. Sure, England at the time was seen as the dominant power in international soccer. They had not been beaten by any side from outside of fhe British Isles since the turn of the century. But soccer teams can win or lose on any given day. What was remarkable was the way that they lost and the sea change in the game that the Hungarian team presaged. The Aranycsapat (Golden Team) was at the cutting edge of 1nnovation with their passing attacks, their pioneering 4-2-4 formation countering the English 'W-M', and the odd v-neck lightweight shirts and boots without ankles made them a strange sight for the English fans and players alike. Indeed, the running style of the Hungarian squad was such that in the 4-2-4 it was mostly the people without the ball who did all of the running! This was the first view of what would become the modern game. The tactics produced results. England managed a total of five shots on goal; Hungary countered with thirty-five. Ferenc Puskás later remarked that if the English keeper hadn't been so good, Hungary would have had twelve goals. And not just results: the Hungarians played with such style and flair that everyone revelled in the beauty they produced. At the end of the match, the stunned English fans applauded and cheered the Hungarian Aranycsapat off the pitch.
- Subject
- soccer; Hungary; political philosophy; Aranycsapat (Golden Team)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/932796
- Identifier
- uon:11459
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780812696769
- Language
- eng
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