Rossi: Our match of the year is this one against Slovakia

Hungary’s head coach has called up 26 players to his squad to travel to Montenegro for a friendly on 5th September and to host Slovakia in a Euro 2020 qualifier four days later.

Rossi has given a place in his squad to uncapped Dávid Sigér and has recalled the now-fit Roland Sallai and Ádám Lang. FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda midfielder Zsolt Kalmár misses out on selection due to a minor knee operation in recent days which would mean he wouldn’t be fit for both matches. Ádám Nagy is also injured but has a chance of recovering in time, hence why the Bristol City midfielder is named in Rossi’s 26.

“We’ve selected this squad on the same basis as we have previous ones and of course, we’ve taken into account that a team has already taken shape which has proved itself, so it wouldn’t make sense to make many changes. There are some (of our players) who started their new season weeks ago, while there are others who only started their club’s championships last weekend. Despite Ádám Nagy’s injury, we’re counting on him and naturally we trust he’ll be available for selection for the match against Slovakia, because this will be our most important match of the year. Our victories achieved thus far will only remain valuable if we gain three points against Slovakia too”, Rossi admitted.

Few days before this 2020 European Championship qualifier, the squad will play a friendly match in Montenegro, with a win there also important.

“Although it woud be ideal to give players a chance in this match who haven’t played as much as others thus far, we will also try out a few new tactical elements to our play, but independently of this, a win in this game is our aim. There is much to play for in this game because I’d like to Hungary to be able to be proud of us after this match too”, Rossi concluded.

The latest Hungary squad:

Goalkeepers:

Dénes Dibusz (Ferencváros TC)
Péter Gulácsi (RB Leipzig)
Ádám Kovácsik (Mol Fehérvár FC)

Defenders:

Botond Baráth (Sporting Kansas KC)
Barnabás Bese (Le Havre)
János Ferenczi (Debreceni VSC)
Tamás Kádár (Dinamo Kiev)
Mihály Korhut (Aris Thessaloniki)
Ádám Lang (Omonia Nicosia)
Gergő Lovrencsics (Ferencváros TC)
Willi Orban (RB Leipzig)

Midfielders:

Daniel Gazdag (Budapest Honvéd)
Dávid Holman (Slovan Bratislava)
László Kleinheisler (NK Osijek)
István Kovács (Mol Fehérvár FC)
Ádám Nagy (Bristol City FC)
Máté Pátkai (Mol Fehérvár FC)
Dávid Sigér (Ferencváros TC)
Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Salzburg)

Forwards:

Balázs Dzsudzsák (al-Ittihad)
Filip Holender (FC Lugano)
Dominik Nagy (Legia Warsaw)
Krisztián Németh (Sporting Kansas)
Roland Sallai (SC Freiburg)
Ádám Szalai (TSG Hoffenheim)
Roland Varga (Ferencváros TC)

The squad members will gather in Telki on Monday 1st September and will travel to Podgorica, the venue of the match against Montenegro, on Wednesday 4th September.

September’s schedule for those countries in Hungary’s European Championship qualifying group (all times in CET):

Thursday 5th September:
20.45: Montenegro v Hungary (friendly match)

Friday 6th September:
20:45 Wales v Azerbaijan
20:45: Slovakia v Croatia

Sunday 9th September:
18:00: Azerbaijan v Croatia
20:45: Hungary v Slovakia
20:45: Wales v Belarus (friendly match)

Source: mlsz