1954
In 1953 Hungary came to Wembley and beat England 6-2. This
introduced the world to a new attacking style of football
and to a brilliant player named Puskas. Puskas had a superb
left foot - 'I never needed the right one,' he said-
Hungary started the 1954
World Cup in Switzerland as favourites. They beat West
Germany in a First Round game and looked the strongest
team in the competition. When they reached the Final
they again faced West Germany.
Hungary Favourites
Everyone expected Hungary to win easily. They were not the
first team to discover that German teams are always
difficult to beat.
The Final started well for Hungary. In the sixth minute the
great Puskas scored. Two minutes later they added a second
goal. At 2-0 the game seemed to be over, but Germany fought
back to 2-2.
In the 84th minute, Rahn gave Germany the lead
(see the
goal here - commentary in
German)
Six minutes later the World Cup belonged to Germany.
