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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Mark McCadden

'He scored and then gave me the fingers' - Remembering Shamrock Rovers' last visit to Hungary

Three years before he became the world’s most expensive footballer - overtaking Diego Maradona and Ruud Gullit - Lajos Detari stuck the ball in the Shamrock Rovers net and then stuck his fingers up at Harry Kenny.

Detari was a member of the Honved side that took on the Hoops in the European Cup in 1985.

It’s the last time Rovers - who are in Budapest on Thursday to take on Ferencvaros in their Europa League play-off - faced Hungarian opposition.

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