Report: Hungary 1-2 Wales

"Hungary completely lost their discipline towards the end and my players kept their nerve really well," said Wales manager Hughes.

"It was quite dangerous out there at times - some of the tackles flying around were career-threatening.

"When you see people spitting at fellow professionals that's an absolute disgrace."

Hungary's frustration at going behind to Rob Earnshaw's late winner was clear to see, as the tackling became reckless

The Hungary manager, former German international Lothar Matthaus, was involved in an argument with Wales midfielder Robbie Savage after the whistle.

"Some of the things that happened at the end were a disgrace, but I thought we kept our discipline and we've come out of this game with immense credit," Hughes added.

"We play them again in February so we hope that doesn't happen again."

Matthaus, who played with Hughes at Bayern Munich, in turn accused Welsh players of "throwing punches" in the post-match melee in the centre of the pitch.

"I only went on the pitch once, and that was after the game. I know the players who were throwing punches," Matthaus said.

I have some very proud players in the dressing room Wales boss Mark Hughes

Savage was involved in a clash with defender Zoltan Peto twice in the final minutes, the Hungarian having just been guilty of a terrible tackle on Earnshaw.

But Hughes disputed Matthaus' accusation: "I did not see any of my players throwing punches, if Lothar saw punches being thrown maybe it was his own players.

"I did not think Robbie did anything wrong. Towards the end the Hungarians were getting frustrated and doing things to get a reaction.

Hughes had only praise for his inexperienced Wales players after they fought back from behind at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium.

The Wales boss was without 10 senior players and lost skipper Gary Speed to a stomach bug before kick-off.

"We were down to the bare bones but the lads who came in were superb - I thought the players were magnificent," said Hughes.

"I have some very proud players in the dressing room and that showed in their performances tonight."

Wales bounced back from the disappointment of conceding an 18th-minute penalty to win with goals from Jason Koumas - his first for his country in his ninth international - and Earnshaw.