Nemeth brace sinks hosts
Luxembourg 0-4 Hungary
May 5 2006
By Andrew Haigh, Stade John Grun, Mondorf.
One of Hungarian football's biggest prospects - Krizstian Nemeth - was the star as Hungary swept aside Luxembourg.
After losing their first match to Russia, the match against the hosts was a must win for the ambitious Hungarians.
But despite the win they still have the unenviable task of playing playing Spain in the final group match, needing
a result to have a chance of qualifying.
After an even first half, in which Luxembourg were denied on numerous occasions by goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi, Hungary
dominated the second.
After the break Nemeth scored the first of his brace before the prolific number nine doubled the lead just seven
minutes into the second period.
Nemeth then earned Hungary a penalty when he was fouled in the box. Skipper Vladimir Koman stepped up and slotted
home a powerful spot-kick.
Mark Nikhazi rounded of the result with a lob late in the game.
Teams:
Luxembourg: Fabiano Castellani, Massimo Martino, Christophe Scholer, Michel Kettenmeyer, Jerome Marcolino, Lars
Gerson, Pit Hilbert, Gilles Bettmer, Miralem Pjanic, Matthew De Cae, Richard Jankowoy.
Subs: Andrew Bill, Mato Djuric, Paul Bossi, Tom Siebenaler, Ricardo Thom, Mathias Janisch, Mirko Albanese,
Hungary: Milan Baliko, Attila Busai, Andras Gal, Andras Debreceni, Vladimir Koman (c), Adam Dudas, Krizstian Nemeth,
Adrian Szekeres, Adam Presinger, Laszjo Szabo, Daniel Lengyel.
Subs: Peter Gulacsi, Gergo Rasa, Tamas Nagy, Mark Nikhazi, Andras Simon, Peter Toth, Adam Simon, |
