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Hungary's Bernd Storck staying cautious after first-leg win at Norway

Hungary boss Bernd Storck stressed his side's job was not yet done and called for focus in Sunday's return clash after they secured a 1-0 away victory over Norway in the first leg of their Euro 2016 qualifying playoff.

Storck's men took a step towards what would be Hungary's first major tournament in 30 years after debutant Laszlo Kleinheisler fired in the only goal of the game in Oslo in the 26th minute.

The visitors had to soak up plenty of pressure from Norway, who were denied in the third minute by a fine Gabor Kiraly save from Per Ciljan Skjelbred, had two penalty shouts turned down by referee Mark Clattenburg and hit the crossbar late on via substitute Pal Andre Helland's header.

Storck afterwards expressed his delight at his team's efforts but also warned there is still plenty of concentration required for the second leg in Budapest this weekend if they are to secure their spot in next summer's finals in France.

He said: "Do not forget that a very long 90 minutes are waiting for us on Sunday.

"This victory is a great success, but we need to focus for the home game."

Regarding Hungary's performance, Storck said: "Though we played with lots of discipline, at the same time it must be recognised that we had some luck -- at the beginning of the match there could have been a goal for the Norwegians, but Gabor Kiraly made a big save.

"After that, we got a good lead, and despite the fact we were under enormous pressure, we were still able to get forward as well as being organised and disciplined in defence.

"The key to success was the team's attitude. Among the good performers, Zoltan Gera for example, played well, and I'm sad that we can not count on him in the return [as he will be suspended, having picked up a yellow card in this game].

"Nothing is decided yet and we need to focus on the next game -- there is no sense in looking further afield."

Meanwhile, Norway midfielder Markus Henriksen has emphasised the need for the team to move on quickly from Thursday's result - and spoken bullishly about their chances of turning things around.

"We are of course disappointed that we lost at home," Henriksen said. "But we cannot be depressed now. We have a game on Sunday that we must win and we must be ready.

"We will turn this around in Hungary. We can see that there were great opportunities here and we are going to dare to play football on Sunday. We are really looking forward to the game."

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