Hungary beats Finland in Euro qualifier

Hungary beats Finland in Euro qualifier

Published Oct. 12, 2010 6:44 p.m. ET

Balazs Dzsudzsak scored an injury-time winner Tuesday to give Hungary a 2-1 victory over Finland in a European Championship qualifier.

Mikael Forssell's 86th-minute goal looked to have earned Finland its first point in qualifying, but Dzsudzsak scored five minutes into added time.

Dzsudzsak received a pass unmarked on the left before shooting past Finland goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.

"We knew that Hungary was good on the counterattack with many quick players, but we did a good job stopping that until the last-minute goal," Finland coach Stuart Baxter said.

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Adam Szalai opened the scoring for Hungary in the 50th, when be brought down a long pass before rounding the advancing Jaaskelainen and rolling ball into the net.

"Apart from the two goals, we did not have that many problems," Baxter said. "We saw our team dominating, but the players went flat towards the end."

Hungary has nine points from its first four qualifiers.

In their next qualifiers, Finland faces San Marino on Nov. 17 and Hungary hosts the Netherlands on March 25.

Also in Group E are Sweden and Moldova.

Lineups:

Finland: Jussi Jaaskelainen, Petri Pasanen, Niklas Moisander, Sami Hyypia, Mika Vayrynen, Mikael Forssell, Tim Sparv (Jari Litmanen, 72), Roman Eremenko, Daniel Sjolund (Shefki Kuqi, 81), Roni Porokara (Alexei Eremenko Jr, 71), Markus Heikkinen.

Hungary: Gabor Kiraly, Krisztian Vermes, Zoltan Liptak, Roland Juhasz, Zsolt Laczko (Vilmos Vanczak, 86), Akos Elek, Balazs Dzsudzsak, Gergely Rudolf (Vladimir Koman, 46), Adam Szalai, Zoltan Gera, Krisztian Vadocz (Adam Pinter, 75).

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