I repeat, Spain vs. Sweden 
Not much else they can do with the gap in quality. Just hold firm and hope they get one big chance.
Similar (but more extreme) to Turkey/Italy really. Turkish coach bottled it at half time and brought an extra attacker on which opened too many holes. I think Hungary will be perfectly happy trying to make this into a 15 minute game towards the end in the hopes of sneaking a 1-0.
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What about it, not much space was allowed at the back in that game.
Penandes may have done better if Jota had left that Hartson, but you’d be forgiven to not notice he was playing that first half.
Bit surprised to see them wearing Sporting Lisbon’s kit mind.
Nice use of Jeff Buckley by ITV then.
The referee is an embarrassment, Hungary is kicking at everything that moves, Jota is poor and no way Hungary will keep this up in the second half.
The tempo is twice as high from both sides.
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Not nearly as boring as the Spain 
game.
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I thought that both teams were kicking at each other, which probably cancelled each other out in the ref’s point of view. 
Yeah, I think this is the main reason why Spain failed to win yesterday (apart from missing on the obvious goal chances they had of course). They allowed Sweden to soak it up and be in balance at the back, not really creating that many chances. Spain moved the ball just too slow. This game is indeed played in a much higher tempo. But Hungary stands too high on the pitch for me to think they will survive this, as Portugal is just too fast on transitions, so will likely create several more chances on the break.
Yeah quite a few tackles from both sides that would normally be free kicks/yellow cards are being allowed to play on. Nothing particularly dangerous yet though, although that tackle by Orban in his own penalty area was absolutely rubbish and he was very lucky to get anything on the ball.
Portugal with only two attempts on target so far.
But many chances.
3 on target now and 4 off target.
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I think we will see double that this half. But maybe I am wrong.
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It’s embarrassing watching some of this simulation from players.
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3 shots on target each.
There is one unnecessary thing after another, the ref needs to do something
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Nice attack by Hungary.
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Really looking forward to the next game.
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True, but many of those off target were far more dangerous situations in my view. A couple of those on target would have required epic keeper blunders to go in (which can of course happen, but still).