Marco Rossi remains the national team captain of Hungary

“The next task facing the Hungarian national team is to successfully compete in the autumn competitions of the Nations League and then the World Cup qualifying series, which will be managed by national team captain Marco Rossi with the maximum support of MLSZ and the presidency – announced on Wednesday Sándor Csányi, the president of the Hungarian Football Association, who had consulted with the captain in the past few days and assured him of the association’s unbroken confidence.

At the European Championship in Germany, the Hungarian team lost 3-1 to Switzerland and 2-0 to the hosts, and although they beat Scotland 1-0, they did not reach the round of 16. The Italian specialist, who also holds Hungarian citizenship – about whom several articles were published after the farewell saying that he may even leave the position – thanked for the support and indicated that after reflecting on the lessons of the European Championship, he will start preparing for the autumn By preparing for the Nations League matches.

“The European Championship ended in Germany, which was marked by our disappointment of missing out, but nothing dramatic happened, and there was no doubt that we would continue the work. We have had countless great results together, so there is no question of achieving more our goal – as our slogan says: only together,” said the 59-year-old Rossi. Rossi has been in charge of the national team since the summer of 2018, which qualified for a major tournament for the first time since 1985 last year after finishing undefeated at the top of its European Championship qualifying group.

The captain responded on Facebook

“Perhaps it is time to clarify things,” began the Italian manager. “Those who say – or write – that we have failed at this European Championship are obviously not objective and, unfortunately, I have to say, they are in bad faith,” he wrote, adding that the miraculous results achieved in recent years with the national team, it should not distort the reality.

“Unfortunately, even in Hungary there is a small percentage of people, admittedly very small, who come forward when they think that the ship has caught fire! It’s true that we didn’t do anything extraordinary, but I don’t think that anyone should be ashamed of the national team” – Rossi said. The national team captain emphasized that he never told the press that he was leaving his post, only that he needed to rest and wanted to clear his thoughts.

I would have appreciated it if someone, as I have done in the past (sometimes speaking of luck), would have said that apart from Kevin’s goal in the 100th minute, all the odds went against us in this European Championship (including the first friendly including).“But this is the situation,” wrote the 59-year-old professional, who thanked his players for their effort, which, as he said, was unfortunately not enough this time, and which “must be increased and developed in the future.”

All circumstances worked against us (Photo: MLSZ)

Rossi concluded by saying that he never shied away from even the toughest challenges. I won’t give up now either, because what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger! And we, all of us together, must be stronger than everything and everyone” – written by. Rossi has been in charge of the national team since the summer of 2018, which qualified for a major tournament for the first time since 1985 last year after finishing undefeated at the top of its European Championship qualifying group.