THE late afternoon sun shone down as England continued their tour with a visit to Budapest, Hungary's side of 1960 did not live up to the level of their magnificent predecessors of the early '50s but another gem of a player has been produced in the shape of the tall, lean form of Albert at centre-forward. At 18 years old, the youngster gave a thrilling display in a good match which also saw England have their moments.

Indeed, England played quite well although once again their lack of thrust up front let them down. But they mad an excellent start and dominated the first 25 minutes. Bobby Charlton saw his flashing shot saved by Grosics and then Bryan Douglas had an effort pushed away by the goalkeeper following a good move involving Johnny Haynes, Joe Baker, Douglas himself and Charlton.

England kept up the pressure and Douglas again made a good run, going outside his marker before shooting just wide of the far post. Then in the 25th minute, another good attack involving Charlton, Haynes, Dennis Viollet and Douglas ended with a free-kick that Ron Flowers fired just wide.

It was at this point that Albert began to show his pedigree. First of all, he forced Ron Springett into a brilliant save with a header; then a superb flowing run took him past Peter Swan, Jimmy Armfield and Ray Wilson, only for his shot to be blocked. Soon afterwards, following good work by Sándor and Dunai, Albert hit a tremendous volley which crashed against England's crossbar. Despite these anxious moments England were still very much in the match at half-time.

The turning point of this particular game probably came three minutes into the second half. Flowers sent Charlton streaking away down the left-wing. Over came his centre and Haynes jumped with Grosics and other defenders. Everyone missed the ball and with Grosics grovelling around on the floor, Baker was left with an open goal some eight yards out. Incredibly, he managed to shoot over the bar and the chance was gone.

It was doubly disappointing as within three minutes of that incident, the Hungarians swept forward to take the lead. A long through pass was picked up by Albert, who beat Swan before firing an unstoppable shot into the top corner of England's net.

England tried to hit back and a lovely pass by Viollet sent Charlton away again. With the winger cutting in at great speed an equaliser looked a distinct possibility. But right at the death, a brilliant saving tackle by Mátrai kept Charlton out.

As the action continued in this entertaining game, Springett made another fine save, this time from Sándor. Then Armfield kicked off the goal-line a shot by Albert, whilst at the other end Charlton was narrowly wide with another fierce effort.

With 15 minutes to go, the decisive moment duly arrived to settle the result. Dunai put Albert through the centre and again the superb youngster cleverly outwitted Swan and Bobby Robson to shoot home left footed, And that,, as they say, was that!

Some good performances for England, had come out of this tour, notably in a defence which seemed to be taking shape nicely, but there were still some obvious problems which must be overcome if they were, once again, to make a serious world challenge.
  

England missed a sackful of goals because of feeble finishing, but the approach play was an encouraging sign of things to come. They might easily have had the ball in the Hungarian net at least three times in the first-half, but the chances were wasted. Flórián Albert, Hungary's new eighteen-year-old centre-forward discovery, scored both goals in the second-half. Dennis Viollet, Manchester United's quick and clever inside-forward, won the first of two caps. With better luck, he might have marked his debut with two goals. It was England's third and final close-season tour match and though they came home without a victory there was a feeling of optimism that better things were round the corner.
   

Douglas was recalled in place of Brabrook and Viollet took over from Greaves. The 90,000 spectators were eager to see if their present-day team could recapture the glory of former years. But they were disappointed for Hungary were little better than England in a game that was exciting at times but lacking in skill. many passes went astray on both sides and mistakes by the English defence enabled Albert to score two goals in the second half and give the home country the win they just about deserved. For England, Springett and Wilson were good in defence but both Armfield and Swan had their misfortunes. In attack Charlton showed much of his old brilliance and was a thorn in the Hungarian defence throughout, but the other forwards were disappointing; Haynes was again a good captain but spent a great deal of time in defence.