 A friendly match was arranged for 25 November 1953 against England.England had never been defeated on home soil by a team from outside the British Isles (it lost to the Republic of Ireland in 1949), and the FA were complacent – as the inventors of the game, they were assured that their players were technically and tactically superior to any other countries.At the time, England were ranked as the 3rd best team in the world; Hungary were ranked as the best team in the world.