Hungary's Marco Rossi and Roland Sallai on Scotland win

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Hungary's Marco Rossi and Roland Sallai on Scotland win   23/06/2024  UEFA24  Stuggart Arena, Germany

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00:00Hi, welcome to the Team Hungary post-match press conference with the head coach, Mr.

00:16Marco Rossi, and the player of the match, Roland Schalai.

00:24First congratulations for the victory and the trophy.

00:28Can you please ask the question first for the player, a few questions, and then you

00:32can ask the question for the coach.

00:35Please raise your hand and we can start.

00:58I am András Jegesi from ATV, when Kevin Csobot kicked the goal, what was your first thought?

01:27This is an indescribable thing, especially that we could win the match in the 100th minute.

01:36It was a fantastic feeling, not only for me, but for the whole team, the professional staff

01:44and everyone involved.

01:47We are very happy that this is how the match turned out, and we are hopeful that the other

01:54matches will turn out in a way that we like.

02:05Roland, congratulations.

02:07After the situation with Varga-Barnabas, it seemed like the Hungarian team lifted itself.

02:14Do you think it was connected in any way?

02:18Of course, it was a terrible thing.

02:23We fought for it in the last 15-20 minutes, and we wanted to win the match.

02:31We are very happy that we succeeded, and this success speaks for itself.

02:38Do you have a final question for the player?

02:40Yes, just here.

02:43Zalán Bodnar, National Sport.

02:46So far, the Hungarian players have been selected three times for the European Championships.

02:52Laszlo Klenheiser twice, and now it's your turn.

02:54Both of you came from the Puskás Academy.

02:56Does this mean anything to the Academy's training?

03:01I think it's good for the Academy to see that players like this are selected,

03:07and what prizes they can win at the European Championships.

03:13I hope that this wasn't our last match,

03:18and that in the next match, one of us will win the prize.

03:37It's Italian.

03:48Roli?

03:50It's not mine.

04:01Can we try?

04:02Yes, just try to ask your question, please.

04:04Yeah, sure.

04:05Mr Rossi, Raman Bardwaj from STV.

04:08It's not working.

04:10Okay, but in English it's okay.

04:12Great.

04:13I'd appreciate it if you could answer in English, if possible.

04:16Steve Clark said his team was denied a clear penalty.

04:21What was your view, and do you believe the better team won on the night?

04:28In the previous match, I said that there was a clear foul on Vili Orban,

04:32done by Gundogan,

04:33and nobody talked about why you have to talk now about this episode.

04:39I didn't see well from the bench,

04:43but if they didn't give the penalty, probably in the VAR room,

04:48they have seen that it was not a penalty.

04:51Also because in this European Championship, many pushes from back are allowed.

04:55Second question here.

04:56Sorry?

04:57I don't know the overall result.

05:01I don't understand.

05:02Sorry, yeah.

05:03Do you believe your team was better on the night, better than Scotland?

05:11To be honest, the Scottish had a bit more ball possession, especially.

05:19Especially.

05:20Especially in the first half.

05:21Then in the second half, it was more of an up-and-down match.

05:27Starting from the minute, we can say, 70,

05:34so it was almost 30 minutes in which there were situations from one side to the other.

05:41We can say that it was a bit more difficult.

05:48We can say that it was an equalised match,

05:51in which probably, surely, we had more chance.

05:56They had more ball possession.

05:59But in overall, I don't think that we didn't deserve the result.

06:05So I think that it was deserved.

06:10Marco, hello.

06:12Ewan Murray from The Guardian.

06:15Just on the Varga situation,

06:18could you please tell us in your words what happened?

06:21We know he is stable,

06:22but what exactly happened at that instant when the cross came in?

06:25What happened to him?

06:32I don't know if he suffered a crash with the goalkeeper or with an opponent

06:37because it was a confused situation.

06:40That's why also the VAR was checking if it could be a penalty or not.

06:45What I heard by the players is that Barney, in that moment, looked like not cautious.

06:52So everybody was really worried about his conditions

06:58and also worried about the fact that the doctors arrived a bit late,

07:10but of course, probably, they didn't realise that it was a dangerous situation.

07:16But fortunately now, we can say that Barney is not under any kind of risk.

07:23Probably, he will be operated on in the following hours

07:27because he suffered a fracture here, but he's healthy.

07:33So the most important thing is that he's healthy, of course.

07:37And for sure, if we will go through the competition,

07:41he will not be any more part of the team.

07:47Can I ask in Italian?

07:49Yes.

07:50Salve, mister.

07:51Antonio Moschella, First Core Italia.

07:54Can I answer in Italian?

07:56I think so.

07:59You had a very long career.

08:01Could it be that the last 30 minutes of this game,

08:04both because of Varga's situation and the result,

08:08were the most passionate moments of your career?

08:13Well, I think that if I think a little bit back,

08:21not so many years, but a few years back,

08:25I don't remember having ever had an easy win on the pitch.

08:30Never.

08:31Never.

08:33Speaking of important games, decisive games,

08:38for example, we qualified for the last minute in Bulgaria

08:43thanks to an own goal.

08:46Not that we didn't deserve the win,

08:49but in the meantime, until the 93rd, 94th, 97th,

08:53we were still 2-1.

08:55What?

08:57I mean, in my career, I've never had an easy win.

09:02Never.

09:03Now I'm here at my second European Cup,

09:06probably because of my age.

09:08I'm 59 years old.

09:10It's hard to dispute another one,

09:13but I'm very happy to have scored my first win,

09:17because until now I'd only won.

09:21Between two draws, one win and three defeats.

09:25It's not a big win,

09:27but given that the win came tonight,

09:30I'm very happy, I have to say, for myself,

09:34because only I know.

09:40Because maybe from the outside,

09:42you say, well, you're the English national team,

09:45you have a lot of pressure, the French national team,

09:47the Italian national team,

09:48but look, the Hungarian national team

09:50is no less in this respect.

09:52So, I live under enormous pressure,

09:57and honestly, I'd do without some things,

10:00but I'm very happy, I repeat, for myself,

10:04for my team-mates, for my staff,

10:06I'm very happy for those thousands of fans,

10:10many of whom went back and forth from Hungary

10:15three times in a row in the last week,

10:19and so I think that this win,

10:22achieved in this way, so hard,

10:26should be dedicated mainly to them,

10:29because these are real fans,

10:31not like those at the club.

10:33Thank you.

10:40Gergely Csózsa, Magyar Távirat Híroda.

10:43I'd like to ask about Szoboszlai's condition,

10:46because it seems to me

10:48that he can't sprint on the balls,

10:51did I see that right?

10:53And if you could perhaps give a word to Csobot Kevint,

10:56who decided this game.

11:04Thank you.

11:10Dominic is not at his best condition,

11:14in the sense that he suffers from

11:17various muscle problems,

11:20for example, from the game he played against Germany,

11:23to this day he has never trained.

11:26He did recovery,

11:28he did a series of therapies

11:31that should have allowed him to go out on the pitch,

11:34but for us Szoboszlai is an irreplaceable player.

11:39So I made him play,

11:41I made him play until the end,

11:43to be honest I wanted to replace him,

11:45because he seemed very tired,

11:47ten minutes from the end,

11:49but he is always dangerous,

11:51at any moment he can find the play,

11:55this time he found the play in Csobot,

11:59he finally got in the way I wanted him to get in,

12:04he is a boy like all the others,

12:06an exceptional boy,

12:08but for example in the game against Germany,

12:10he got in,

12:12instead of looking for the depth,

12:15he always came against it,

12:17and someone who has his speed,

12:19for me it is mandatory to attack the depth,

12:22today he did it with good continuity,

12:26he took the ball first,

12:28he scored later,

12:30I think it had a big impact on the game,

12:35but as I always say,

12:37if we have a squad of 26 players,

12:40for one reason or another,

12:42you make the first 11 play,

12:44and then those who are on the bench,

12:46are needed to make the changes,

12:48and sometimes with the changes,

12:50you win the game.

12:56I would like to ask you in Italian this time,

13:03what kind of sum would you give,

13:07for the round of 16 for Hungary,

13:10after these three games?

13:12I would be very sorry to go home,

13:15without getting anything from this European Championship,

13:19now we can go home,

13:21but we have collected three points,

13:23which compared to the previous championship,

13:26add one more point,

13:31I think that in the end,

13:35I can, and you can,

13:37blame the players,

13:39just for having made a mistake in the first half with Switzerland,

13:43then in the second half,

13:45we came back and put Switzerland in the lead,

13:48third goal,

13:50I don't know if you remember,

13:52we did it on our own,

13:54and with the Germans,

13:56I repeat,

13:58the Germans,

14:00Germany,

14:02I said it in unexpected times,

14:04for me it is a favourite,

14:06but it comes in the end,

14:08it will come in the first four,

14:10I said it is a favourite,

14:12if you play against Germany,

14:14you are going to lose,

14:16but here,

14:18when someone said,

14:20that we were going to beat the Europeans,

14:22he really believed it,

14:24when you play against Germany,

14:26you are going to lose,

14:28I say that 2-0,

14:30even if they dominated,

14:32we played the game we had to play,

14:34and even there,

14:36we were unlucky in the episodes,

14:38if we want to talk about episodes,

14:40it is from when we started the preparation,

14:42that everything goes wrong,

14:44in terms of episodes,

14:46and nobody says it,

14:48this evening,

14:50the Dea Bindata remembered us,

14:52at the 100th minute,

14:54because before,

14:56they were looking at the other side,

14:58we hope that this is a sign,

15:00and that from now on,

15:02we can count on the contribution of fortune.

15:08What was the first thought,

15:10when you were shown,

15:12that you were going to give 10 minutes?

15:18I thought that we could win,

15:20as we could lose,

15:22it was a game like this,

15:24this evening,

15:26we gave, especially in the first half,

15:28a little more possession,

15:30to Scotland,

15:32in the second half,

15:34it was a game made of

15:36attacks,

15:38a continuous up and down,

15:40especially in the last 30 minutes,

15:42we can say,

15:44in which both teams

15:46had ways to win,

15:48because we both knew,

15:50that the draw would not

15:52give hope to any of the two,

15:56and so,

15:58it was like this,

16:00let's say that,

16:02in the end,

16:04we can also say that,

16:06the Scots enjoyed

16:08a great game,

16:10we expected it,

16:12we knew that from a physical point of view,

16:14it was a very dangerous game,

16:16it was like this,

16:18made of transitions,

16:20made of second balls,

16:22made of continuous

16:24attacks,

16:26because in the moment

16:28when the game became less tactical,

16:30it was like this,

16:32and at that point,

16:34they could score,

16:36we could score,

16:38even if we look at the number of chances,

16:40I think we had more than them.

16:44Thank you very much, have a good night.

17:14Thank you very much.

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