Gyula Grosics
Gyula Grosics (2005)
Gyula Grosics [ ɟulɒ ɡroʃiʧ ] ( born February 4, 1926 in Dorog ( Drost village) ) is a former Hungarian football player who took a total of 86 times for the Hungarian national football team.
Career
Grosics was the goalkeeper of the Hungarian National Team, the four years from 1950 to 1954, remained undefeated and is still revered as the "golden team ". Apart from very exceptional players was also a superiority of the golden elf in a modern and flexible game system where defenders took over offensive and defensive duties striker. Even Grosics acted occasionally as a " sweeper ", ie as an additional defender.
At club level Grosics played at that time in Budapest Honved. In 1952, he was with the Hungarian national team in Helsinki Olympic champion. On November 25, 1953, he was at Wembley the keeper of the first non -British national team that defeated England for the first time on English soil. This game, which won the Hungarians 6-3 is considered in Hungary even today as " Game of the Century ". The highlight of his career was the Football World Cup 1954 in Switzerland. Hungary came to the finals, but was defeated because of sensational Germany 3-2.
For the Hungarian player started after you return to the communist homeland a time of intimidation and harassment.
" A few kilometers from Budapest, we had to get off suddenly around noon, were taken to a training camp and could not leave it all day. Rakosi, the General Secretary of the Communist Party, and the Minister of the Interior and the military ministers and people of Hungarian secret police - the evening the highest politicians came. Rakosi made a speech, and the second place was a great result, and then he added: None of you should be afraid to be punished for this game. I have the sound of his voice in my ears. As this rate fell, I knew that he means exactly the opposite. I knew something bad was going to happen. I was often clashed with state security AVH, now I had the feeling to be in danger. I knew she had it in for me. I was right. "
Four months after the game Grosics was arrested and sent to court for alleged espionage. In this case, it was not said for which country he should have spying.
" No one said the country for which I should have spying, I remember, as one of them said. Take note that other people are hung upon mere suspicion" "
He was placed under house arrest for months and harassed by the Communist authorities. After one year, ended the interrogations that took place three times a week in a prison and he was banished to the province of club Tatabanya. His father lost his job.
Despite the harassment and the sadness after the defeat of the Hungarian team continued to play at a high level: Between July 1954 and February 1956, she completed 19 games and won 16 of them three times the opponent managed a draw. After suppression of the Hungarian uprising in 1956 the miracle team of the 1950s broke up definitively. Grosics traveled with Honved Budapest for some time through Western Europe, also received offers from foreign clubs, such as Flamengo Rio de Janeiro. However, unlike many of the other outstanding players, he remained true to Hungary in order not to lose his family, his friends and his country. He was goalkeeper of the national team again and took part in the Football World Cup 1958 and the FIFA World Cup 1962. Both tournaments were disappointing for Hungary, 1958 you failed in the first round and 1962 in the quarterfinals. 1962 was the last Remaining Groscics the winner of the 1954 team in the Hungarian squad. In total he played 13 World Cup matches.
After the career
Later he was active as a coach. After the political changes in Eastern Europe Grosics involved in the democracy movement.