Marco Rossi: We came to Bosnia for points, for points

Overall, the Bosnians played well in the second half against the Germans, who they were able to cause problems for. Accordingly, we respect our current opponent, but we are here to score points,” said the Italian captain, who also holds Hungarian citizenship, at the press conference on Sunday.

I am unable to prepare the team in such a way that one point is the goal, we want to get three, but in the end one would be good too”.

Rossi indicated that with a draw, the Hungarians would remain ahead of the Bosnians in the top four, so the direct rival would only be able to overtake them in the double round in November if they achieved a feat against the two favourites, i.e. the German or the Dutch team.

“I don’t like bunker football, but there are times when it can lead to results, but this time it’s not the goal, you can’t count on it. I expect a balanced match, because this match will decide which team will have a chance to stay in,” said Rossi.

There is always difficulty – even now

Rossi, who left Gusztáv Sebes behind him on Monday with his 70th meeting, and became the second in the all-time ranking of the federation captains, explained to MTI’s interest that Balogh Botond will definitely not replace the injured Márton Dárdai, because the Parma defender trained for the first time on Sunday, so his inclusion would be risky.

There are always difficulties, but we count on everyone who is here. We don’t make excuses. Everyone is useful, but no one is irreplaceable – said Rossi in response to the fact that he has injuries in the exact positions where he used to rotate his starting team. “The most important thing for us now is that the team unity we saw before has returned”.

This militancy is also needed in Bosnia (photo: MLSZ)

Dénes Dibusz, the team’s goalkeeper, said before the match in Zenica, “I also have a task that I want to solve as best as possible. The most important thing is for the team to be successful, and we can take a big step towards this on Monday”. Fradi’s 33-year-old player revealed that “there is no cheering atmosphere” after the bravura 1-1 draw against the Dutch, “nobody is flying three meters above the ground”.

He added that they were a little disappointed, because they were close to achieving a “huge result”, but realistically, he thinks it was a fair result considering that the Hungarian national team had only one shot on goal in the second half, which had to fight hard to score points.