According to Marco Rossi, we have to be pumpkins now

“Our face is still burning from the slap, but we have to get over the 5-0 defeat in Germany so that we don’t enter the field with a burning face. We have to be smart now,” said the manager celebrating his 60th birthday at the press conference on Monday, who explained that the Even after the 2021 European Championship, the national team went through ups and downs when they lost 4-0 to England, but they still managed to get up from the floor.

The Italian captain believed that there was a misunderstanding in terms of communication, so he accepts the responsibility. The players were asked not to let the opponent develop in the first 15 minutes, but he cannot take responsibility for the fact that they lost every duel after that. He added that the high level of attack typical of modern football entails the risk that “the lines will be stretched”, opponents such as Germany and the Netherlands, among the group rivals, can use them mercilessly.

“The only way out of the current ups and downs would be a victory on Tuesday night. We knew that the match in Düsseldorf would not be easy, but this defeat burns us, it is projected as a dark spot on what we have achieved so far. If we look at the results clearly, then in the other pan of the scale it costs a lot of positive memories. I hope that when we leave, the total balance will be positive – said Rossi in response to MTI’s inquiry.

There will be a change against the Bosnians

Speaking about the opponent, he said that the Bosnians are a tough, physical team, which also has good technical and tactical skills thanks to outstanding football players like Edin Dzeko. Rossi revealed that there will definitely be a change in the starting team, because fresh people will be needed on the track.

He mentioned that in the last three months, the rival has fallen short against elite national teams such as England, Italy and, most recently, the Netherlands, but his own team does not represent this level, so it will be difficult to get the three points.

“There was a meeting with the boss and also between the players. We sat down and discussed among ourselves what needs to be changed, to see our situation realistically and to return to our old selves,” he said Dominik Szoboszlai to the question of how he reacted as team captain to the heaviest defeat of the Rossi era. I would like him to stay in the locker room, what was said there. I was the youngest, but it was a good conversation, we found a common denominator that can help the team”.

The Liverpool midfielder believed that with the 14-match unbeaten streak before the European Championships, they set the bar so high that it became almost an expectation that they should win or score points in such matches as well. Looking at the squad of the German national team, he thinks it should be more realistic, but of course you can’t lose 5-0. He noted that they tried a new tactic that didn’t work out, but not because of tactics, but because they lacked the fighting spirit and will with which they were successful before.

According to the team captain, the fighting spirit was missing (photo: MLSZ)

“The realistic position of the national team is variable. It depends on a lot of things. We were the best during the unbeaten streak, now after the 5-0 defeat we are the worst. We are too extreme. On Tuesday, we want to show a response that brings joy and fun again let’s cause it,” Szoboszlai told MTI.

The reaction is the most important thing we show after a five-goal defeat. We have been in the pit before, but even then the players’ trust in the boss and the boss’s trust in the players did not waver either. This is football, we don’t deal with the past, we do everything for the future”.

According to his own admission, the 23-year-old footballer is more bothered when the team is criticized than he is. “You can make me angry, even then I go out on the field and fight every single time. But it can have a bad effect on many people, because everyone has a little compulsion to conform. That’s when it becomes clear who is really on our side,” said Szoboszlai.

He described the Bosnians as a fighting, compact team similar to the Hungarians, so he thinks the final will be who wants success more on Tuesday night. The Hungarian-Bosnian match starting at 8:45 p.m. in the Puskás Arena will be broadcast live by M4 Sport, Kossuth Rádió and Nemzeti Sportrádió.

According to MTI, the expected starting team of the Hungarian national team:
Dibusz – Botka, Orbán, Balogh – Bolla, Kata, Schäfer, Zs. Nagy – Sallai, Szoboszlai – Varga B.