Ádám Szalai held a press convention on Wednesday, the place he introduced that he’s going to retire from the Hungarian nationwide group after Monday’s Nations League fit towards Italy, Nemzeti Sport, a Hungarian game web page reported.
“I planned this press conference a little differently. After all these years as team captain, I felt I deserved not to have press releases a few hours before the announcement. The only reason I’m still sitting here is for our fans, who I hope will continue to support us in the same way in the future. Obviously you’ve already covered all the news, but now I’m confirming that I’ll be ending my national team career after the Italian game. This is not a recent thing, I have been looking for the right time for the last weeks and months,” started Ádám Szalai.
The group captain mentioned that on the age of 35, he feels that the nationwide group is on track and that the executive, Marco Rossi, is main the group in the fitting course. He mentioned that the following aggressive fit for the Hungarian nationwide group after the Nations League would be the European Championship qualifier in March, and he sought after to discover a date that might permit the group to arrange for locating a successor.
It used to be an enormous dream of mine to play for the Hungarian nationwide group. My largest dream used to be to make it occur.”
“To be able to play in two European Championships and be part of it as captain was a huge experience for me. The successes and failures of the past few years and the criticism and support I have received at bad times have all helped me grow up,” he mentioned.
Szalai recalled that with the Hungarian nationwide group he had skilled fits the place the fanatics created a sensational environment, which he believes is exclusive on the planet.
After Szalai, the Hungarian nationwide group’s supervisor Marco Rossi additionally spoke out, expressing his unhappiness on the tendencies. “When Ádám announced that he was leaving the national team, I had a lot on my mind. I have thought a lot about the situation since he told me his decision. It’s not a happy moment from a personal point of view or for the national team,” Rossi mentioned.
The nationwide captain added, alternatively, that the great reminiscences will stay and that he’s sympathetic to Szalai’s resolution, even though it reasons them an enormous drawback.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán additionally said Szalai’s retirement and posted an image on his Facebook web page with the soccer participant, thanking him for his paintings at the group. As Mr. Orbán wrote: Ádám Szalai is “our gladiator.”
Featured picture by way of MTI/Kovács Tamás/Szigetváry Zsolt
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