Hungary 8-0 San Marino UEFA 2012 Qualifier
A hat-trick from striker Ádám Szalai was the highlight as Hungary crushed San Marino 8-0 inward their Group E qualifier inward Budapest.
The result was never inward doubt i time Sándor Egervári’s side had powered ahead inward the 11th min and it swiftly became a case of which Hungary striker would reach a hat-trick first — Gergely Rudolf or Szalai. Both scored twice before the break but it was Szalai who got a third before Vladimir Koman, Balázs Dzsudzsák and Zoltán Gera completed the scoring.
It was Hungary’s second win inward three games and ensures they will travel to Finland for Tuesday’s UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier inward good heart. As for San Marino, their woes were compounded by the dismissal of Carlo Valentini inward second-half added time for a second yellow card incurred when conceding a penalty.
The procession started after 11 minutes when Rudolf nodded inward after Aldo Simoncini had saved his first header from a Rudolf cross. Dzsudzsák set on the second seven minutes later as his corner was glanced inward off the far post by Szalai and the Hungarians soon added two to a greater extent than. inward the 25th min Koman’s defence-splitting hand set Rudolf free and he dummied the goalkeeper and slotted home. Two minutes later Szalai struck an opportunistic fourth, spotting Simoncini off his line and dropping a 40-metre chip under his crossbar.
Four became five after 48 minutes when Dzsudzsák’s depression cross gave Szalai a simple task to convert his hat-trick goal. Hungary’s sixth on the hour was the product of another left-wing attack but this time it was Rudolf who pulled the ball back for Koman to rifle across Simoncini and into the bottom corner. If San Marino thought things could get no worse they were wrong. After 89 minutes Dzsudzsák hit the goal of the nighttime as he cut inward from the left and hammered the ball into the top corner. There was still time for i to a greater extent than goal as Hungary captain Gera sent the keeper the wrong way from the spot after Valentini had seen red for bringing down Zsolt Laczkó.