He will however be encouraged by some sustained periods of play and yet another game where England have proven they can score goals.

England’s week got decidedly worse in Hungary on Friday night, as they were overwhelmingly crushed 15-0 by a clinical and expert Hungarian team.

Despite what was an impressive and resilient start, when Hungary were only allowed a one goal lead in the first 12 minutes, the basic technical errors which have plagued Graeme Dell's team since Christmas once more came to the fore.

England’s Futsal players restored some pride here in Gyongyos despite falling to Macedonia 4-1 in their last group 4 Qualification game for this year's FIFA Futsal World Cup Finals.

Macedonia had shown earlier how strong they are as a Futsal nation by keeping within four goals of both Hungary and Poland and were sure to test England to the limits.

With the Head Coach only able to use eight outfield players due to injuries and players being called back by their clubs his hands were somewhat tied in how to play and with which combinations.

We know about the game and how it's played, having studied it for some time now, but we don’t yet have the Futsal mentality or the support structures to produce the players.

"These lads try their best but that effort doesn’t win you matches on its own, it needs the other ingredients to complete the package but not simply five-a-side backgrounds.

"We have a lot of investment and learning to do which has to be beyond what we think we know and what we think is enough whilst the investment and learning cycle can never be complete and it has to be continuous. They played much better tonight and for that they should be congratulated."

Group 4

28/2-2/3/2008

Venue: Gyöngyös (HUN)

Hall: Gyöngyösi Városi Sportes Rendezvény Csarnok

Delegate: Burlac (MDA)

Referee Observer: Willemarck (BEL)

Hungary
Poland
Macedonia
England

28/2/2008
18.00 Hungary - Macedonia 3-0 (1-0)
20.00 Poland - England 10-2 (6-2)

29/2/2008
18.00 Hungary - England 15-0 (6-0)
20.00 Macedonia - Poland 2-6 (2-3)

2/3/2008
18.00 England - Macedonia 1-4 (0-2)
20.00 Poland - Hungary 2-6 (1-4)

Group 4 - Standing
1. Hungary -----------------3-3-0-0-24--2-9
2. Poland -------------------3-2-0-1-18-10-6
3. Macedonia ---------------3-1-0-2--6-10-3
4. England ------------------3-0-0-3--3-29-0

Qualified team: Hungary

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