Chelsea’s Mason Mount says the racist abuse and missiles raining down from the stands made the players grow in stature
For a fleeting moment Mason Mount felt vulnerable. The England midfielder sensed what was coming. He had set up Raheem Sterling for the breakthrough goal in the 55th minute of the 4-0 World Cup qualifying win over Hungary, the Puskas Arena in Budapest was gripped by pin-drop silence – a strange sensation – and the England players were celebrating towards one of the corner flags. They were by the end that housed the Carpathian Brigade, the hardcore group of Hungary supporters who dress in black shirts.
“As soon as we scored … you could tell within the atmosphere that something was going to be thrown or something would happen,” Mount says.