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06/04/1924 Italy suffer their worst ever defeat, losing 7-1 to Hungary

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1924/04/06 HUNGARY ITALY 7:1 , Magyarország-Olaszország 7:1

Since their 1st match in 1910, the Italian national football team competed in hundreds of matches. One of the well-known ones took place in Budapest. In the match, Italy played against the home team of Hungary. In a preparation game for the Olympics, Italy suffered the worst defeat in the club history, after losing 1-7.
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