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After the Aviva Roar comes the relative calm of Budapest

The multi purpose Hidegkuti Nandor Stadion is named after one of Hungary's greatest ever players. A team-mate of the legendary Ferenc Puskas, Hidegkuti was a member of Hungary's Golden Team of the 1950's.

He scored a Wembley hat-trick in a famous 6-3 win over England in 1953.

Hungarian football has fallen back from such lofty heights in the past 70 years, but while the men's team have enjoyed something of a renaissance in recent years, the same cannot be said of the women's side.

At best the 5,000 capacity venue in Budapest is likely to be around 25% full, a stark contrast to the record crowd at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday afternoon for the 3-0 win over Northern Ireland.

Ireland's rise in profile has rarely been dull, or smooth - see last week's storm over Diane Caldwell's comments regarding Vera Pauw - but the team have captured the public imagination.

Success helps, of course, and as goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan said today, the support continues to grow.

"This summer in Australia, we felt the support there and back home from the Irish fans. It was amazing to be able to come back home and celebrate with them.

"These fans have been backing us for a long time so just to able to have that big of a crowd there and to celebrate what we did this summer, and to be able to move forward and continue our Nations League campaign with a great crowd, it was amazing."

The profile of the Hungarian women's national team is considerably lower than that of their Irish counterparts. The Hungarian Football Federation has not been found wanting in terms of resources and training facilities for the women's team, but qualification for a major tournament has never been achieved, as a result public interest is at a low level.

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