I feel very happy, said the Hungarian hero after advancing to the Euro

Although he recently celebrated his twentieth birthday, Dominik Szoboszlai became the hero of the Hungarian national team, which, thanks to his goal in the second half, defeated Iceland 2: 1 in the finals of the European Championship. Salzburg’s midfielder could not believe what he had accomplished after the match.

“It’s hard to say what the goal means to me. I feel very happy now and would like to celebrate the progress with the boys as soon as possible.” citoval Szoboszlaie server uefa.com.

The Hungarians lost in Budapest in the 88th minute, but in four minutes they turned the score around. First he balanced the alternating Loic Nego and then came Szoboszlai’s moment. He pushed through his own half over two opponents to the front of the penalty area and with a shot from twenty meters he hit exactly to the post.

“Norbert Könyves pulled my player to the left and a path to the goal formed in the middle of the court. I suddenly thought I could hit it, and luckily it fell there.” described a 20-year-old Salzburg midfielder.

Szoboszlaie pochválil captain Ádám Szalai. “We showed what’s in us and we fought to the end. In addition, we have a player in Dominik who can decide such matches. It was otherwise a really weird match, they scored a random goal at the beginning and then defended all the time. It’s unbelievable. that we reversed it, “ said the Hungarian striker.

The goalie of the match could be the Hungarian goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi, who in the 11th minute released a not very fierce shot by Gylfi Sigurdsson from a direct kick. “It’s hard to describe. For eighty minutes various thoughts swirled in my head, I’ve never gotten such a goal in my life. It can fall, but not in such a match. It wasn’t easy for me until we equalized to 1: 1. , we dictated the pace throughout the match and created more opportunities, “ said Leipzig’s number one goalkeeper.

The Hungarians had to do without Italian coach Mark Rossi, who became infected with coronavirus. He was represented on the bench by his compatriot Cosimo Inguscio, who praised the charges for his great mental resilience. “We didn’t make it for the first twenty minutes, we couldn’t get to a boil. But then everyone understood that we had to play differently to move forward. We were hungry, and if you’re very hungry, sooner or later you will get what you want.” said Inguscio.

His counterpart, the Swedish Icelandic coach Erik Hamrén, admitted that his team was passive at the end of the second half and the Hungarians lost it. “We were five minutes from advancing to the Euro, it’s a big disappointment. But we didn’t work the way I wanted to, the Hungarians still had the ball on their feet in the second half. Unfortunately we didn’t have enough energy to win.” Hamren admitted.

The Hungarians have fulfilled their dream of playing the European Championship at their own stadium. In the strongest group F on paper, he first encounters a defending champion from Portugal in Budapest and then the reigning world champions from France. The group will end with a duel in Munich against the Germans.

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