Hungary squad arrives in Spain ahead of Andorra clash

The Hungarian men’s national squad has arrived in Spain ahead of its FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifier against Andorra on Friday. Injury has ruled out Ádám Szalai, Ákos Elek and Szilveszter Hangya.

At the press conference which preceded the team’s departure head coach Bernd Storck stated that the team of the future is not yet ready now so the youngsters should be given as many opportunities to play against strong opponents as possible:

“The players who played against Russia have taken part in regeneration exercises while the others have completed full training sessions. Unfortunately Ádám Szalai’s knee injury has not improved enough and Szilveszter Hangya’s earlier injury has flared up again so neither of those players have stayed with the squad. A very important match awaits us and it’s important we commit to playing our own style and system in Andorra. Against Russia, we had 46% possession of the ball and played more than 600 passes but unfortunately we couldn’t convert our chances, so in any case we must take steps forward in this regard. In terms of the yongsters we should not criticise them but rather give them more opportunities to develop against strong opponents in international matches. On Monday we would have scored goals against a weaker team but that would not have aided our development”.