Nations League match Hungary v England to have 30,000 fans despite supporters ban
Hungary has been ordered to play games without crowds after racist behavior by their fans.
But their football association is using a Uefa regulation that allows children to attend accompanied by an adult.
And the Hungarian FA has had 30,000 children register for Saturday's game.
In June 2021, Uefa ordered Hungary to play three games without fans, with the final match being suspended and fined them £85,000 due to discriminatory behavior by their supporters during Euro 2020.
They were also ordered to play two games behind closed doors by Fifa following racist abuse towards England players during the World Cup qualifier in Budapest on 2 September.
Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham were both subject to the abuse, with objects and a flare thrown onto the pitch by the home fans at the Puskas Arena, the venue for Saturday's game.
Under Article 73 of Uefa's regulations, children up to 14 from schools and football academies can be invited to the match free of charge if an adult accompanies them.
Glen Kamara was jeered by fans of Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic when Rangers played them in the Europa League last year when the game was played under the same circumstances, with 10,000 children and their chaperones making up the crowd for the behind-closed-doors match.
The Football Association is also planning to use Article 73 to invite several under-14 clubs within a 50-mile radius of Wolverhampton to apply for complimentary tickets for the behind-closed-doors fixture against Italy at Molineux on Saturday 11 June.
However, this is a much lower number of invitees, with about 2,000 fans expected to attend.
The game against Italy at Molineux is behind closed doors because of the poor behavior of supporters at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley.
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