Hungary may be left without a coach, after the drama in the preliminaries: “Today we discuss”
Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Sunday, November 16, 2025 7:51 p.m. / Updated Sunday, November 16, 2025 7:53 p.m.
After the disaster with Irelandscore 2-3, Marco Rossi (61 years old), the Hungarian coach, said that he does not know whether he will remain the coach of the Hungarian national team or not.
Despite the setback, Marco Rossi said his boys showed attitude and he has nothing to complain about. He will have a discussion with the leadership of the Federation today and will see if he will continue as Hungary's coach or not.
Marco Rossi, after Hungary – Ireland: “Today we are also talking with the management to see in which direction we should go”
“It's hard to say at the moment whether it was mental or physical. We're definitely tired, but luck wasn't on our side either, especially this time. We're a good team, but we're not phenomenal, we made mistakes more than once. We didn't deserve it, this game shouldn't have ended like this.
I told the boys I couldn't blame them for anything. Today we are also discussing with the management to see in which direction we should go further. It has become clear that we will no longer be at the World Cup and we have to assess the situation.
We had prepared for Troy Parrott, who scored a hat-trick, and we knew his skills. We couldn't keep him down today even though he didn't have many chances outside of his goals. He is very talented. In the first match, it could be 2-1, here it could be 2-2. I also told the boys that when we lose like that at the last second, we can't complain about the attitude of the players, their desire to win, because they did what we asked of them and now I can't say anything bad.
We knew beforehand that they could cause us problems with the kind of play they are capable of. If we had a bit more luck we could have solved the problem and got a good result in Dublin. But now we were very unlucky. I knew before the game that this was their plan, that they would attack at the end, like they did at home, and that they are physically stronger, that's why we lost. It's very difficult when you concede a goal at the last second and that's what happened in Ireland. It's very hard to accept.
It's hard to think about the future now, about the next matches. I have been the head coach of the national team for a while and I have to say that this is the worst moment since I have been a coach. Of course, I'm not looking for an alibi or an explanation, I'm the main one responsible and I'm very sad,” Rossi said, according to nemzetisport.hu.
