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Sometimes, a ManagerZone match will deliver excitement far beyond the norm. Such was the case in the match between Italy and England in the MZ World Cup 2020 a couple of days ago.
To set the stage, England needed all three points to enter the next round. They also needed front runners Poland to get at least one point against Hungary. But even then, they would need to rely on goal difference.
It started out well, with Iain Wagstaff notching to make it 1-0 for the Brits. Then it all went sour. Really sour. Hungary scored an early goal to take the lead in the other match. In the 53rd minute, England had a man sent off and, to make matters worse, Italy scored shortly thereafter. England were now in third spot, with an atrocious goal difference, a man sent off and only 20 minutes left on the clock. And playing against an Italian team fighting for survival.
It would take a miracle.
Enter Barry Hudson. He scored a shorthanded goal for England in the 74th minute and only five minutes later, substitute Allan Fitzgerald notched another against the run of play. 3-1 to England. They were able to hold on to their fragile lead all the way to the end, but it was still not enough because Poland were still 1-0 down against Hungary.
In the 95th minute, Waclaw Domaradzki scored to make it 1-1 and suddenly, amazingly, England were in 2nd spot with the tightest possible goal difference on their side.
This spelled heartbreak for both Hungary (4) and Italy (3). But what a comeback by the Brits. Hats off to the gentlemen from the island."
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charef - 06-06-2020 02:47Hopefully i wasn't in your place.
That would be hard for me.Edited: 06-06-2020 02:49
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charef - 06-06-2020 02:49I hate Barrie Potter, he scored the winning goal against us on the 95th minute.
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powdersnow - 08-06-2020 09:22narcisuk wrote:Was on Hungary NT news...
Sorry, bad joke. It was me who wrote it. Anyway - what an amazing comeback! Talk about your mission impossible.
How did you feel when this happened? Would have liked to have a camera on your face. 😂Edited: 08-06-2020 09:26
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narcisuk - 08-06-2020 14:10As Liverpool fan I'm getting used with comebacks like that 🤣🤣
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narcisuk - 08-06-2020 17:28For us is a good performance going through this group.. Poland & Italy just had an Euro u21 amazing winners &silver happy we could compete in a group with 2 teams top 10 ranked...was a deja vu Italy & Hungary in the group same as WC 2019 last year Italy was coming as previous WC champions..in theirs way knocked us out in 2018
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narcisuk - 08-06-2020 17:32We knew our potential..plus I decided to run this WC with a very young team probably team average was 26-27y ...almost we gave up after first game vs Hungary.. only a miracle could happen
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narcisuk - 08-06-2020 17:39But the way how goes last round with all 4 teams having more or less chances during the last 90 min was insane absolutely stunning
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elusive - 09-06-2020 02:16charef wrote:I hate Barrie Potter, he scored the winning goal against us on the 95th minute.
Never liked Barrie either since THAT performance for Gryffindor in the first film
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darkline - 09-06-2020 02:33powdersnow wrote:Sorry, bad joke. It was me who wrote it.
I love how no one realized you wrote it and then you had to explain the joke 😂
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