A medical emergency for Adam Szalai has overshadowed the Netherlands’ entry into the quarter-finals of the Nations League.
In the seventh minute of the game in Amsterdam, the former Bundesliga striker, who was sitting on the substitutes’ bench as part of the away team, collapsed. A little later, the Hungarian football association MLSZ informed X that Szalai’s condition was “stable” and that he was “conscious”. Szalai will be taken to an Amsterdam hospital to be examined.
The 4-0 (2-0) success of Bond coach Ronald Koeman’s team, which secured second place in Group A behind Germany and a place in the knockout round, was completely irrelevant. Wout Weghorst (21st/hand penalty), Cody Gakpo (45th+12/foul penalty), Denzel Dumfries (64th) and Teun Koopmeiners (86th) scored for the home team, which ended the preliminary round on Tuesday (8.45 p.m./DAZN ) has to compete in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hungary, safely in third place in the table, will face group winners Germany in Budapest (8:45 p.m./ZDF).
The game had to be interrupted in the early stages. The medical staff immediately rushed to Szalai’s aid, and the players and supervisors initially formed a human screen together. After around ten minutes, the 86-time international player was brought out of the Johan Cruyff Arena on a stretcher and to applause.
The game was then continued – with a penalty. According to the video images, referee Jesus Gil Manzano decided on a hand penalty for the Netherlands after the long interruption. Immediately before the game was interrupted, Hungarian Tamas Nikitscher touched the ball with his hand in the penalty area after a cross. Weghorst made it 1-0 for Oranje. In the long injury time of the first half, Liverpool’s Gakpo increased the score with a penalty kick, Dumfries and Koopmeiners followed up in the second half.
Source: www.sport.de
