Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai has urged Hungary fans to remain calm and not panic after the 5-0 defeat to Germany.
Hirado cover comments from the Liverpool star today following the big defeat, which has naturally caused some Hungary fans to be concerned.
Hungary were hammered by German 5-0 last week, with goals from Niclas Füllkrug, Jamal Musiala, Florian Wirtz, Aleksandar Pavlovic and Kai Havertz seeing Julian Nagelsmann’s side to a comfortable victory.
It was an all-round miserable evening for the away side, who only managed one shot on target throughout the game and were thoroughly outplayed by the Germans.
Questions are naturally being asked by Hungary, who while nowhere a powerhouse like Germany, would have expected to put up more resistance given the talent in their squad, particularly the likes of Szoboszlai, who has been starring for Liverpool early on this season.
Some have even elected to press the panic button after the result, despite it only being matchday one of the Nations League campaign.
Szoboszlai is not one of those people and was instead insisting upon a very different message when questioned at a press conference.
“When we beat the English 4-0, everyone is happy, when we lose to the Germans 5-0, it’s the end of the world,” Hirado quote him as saying.
“It was a big slap, but we also learned from this to shake things up a bit, where we are, what we are capable of, and how to go out on the field in the next matches,” he said.
“If we played a hundred matches, it is not even certain that we would succeed in beating the English 4-0 or defeating them home and away. We achieved results that no Hungarian could imagine.
“We set the bar high for ourselves, which is not a problem, because it is good to have expectations, but this should not be translated into the fact that if we lose, we are the worst. Let’s not be too extreme, because there is also an intermediate period, and it is also necessary.
The Liverpool player also insisted there’s no split in the group and he still trusts the management: “It hasn’t changed on my part, and I don’t think it will on his part either. The trust is still there for the other side, there is no need to organise a funeral because we lost 5-0. It has happened in history with other teams as well, that the national team lost.”
