“We spoke with Dominik Soboslai about Hungary’s defeat. I spoke not only with him, but also with Miloš [Керкезом]because it was a very big disappointment for both of them. They were so close to making the playoffs and then they missed in stoppage time. Everything was fair because I checked it. I was wondering if there were any substitutions in those five compensated minutes, and there were two, so the referee was right in that situation to add some time to the already added time.
It’s really very difficult to concede a goal in those situations, especially because on the other side you see how much it means to the country and to a player who hasn’t qualified for so long, as in Robbo’s case [Ендрю Робертсон зі збірною Шотландії вийшов на ЧС]. It would be the same for Hungary, although being in the playoffs doesn’t mean you’ll qualify, but it gives you a chance.
I asked Dominic if there is still a chance because I have no idea what is going on – Alexander Isak from Sweden, they have one point from five or six games but they still have a chance to go to the World Cup because they won their group in Division C of the Nations League. And Hungary was in Division A and didn’t win the group, so they won’t play in the playoffs. It’s hard for him, because they actually had a pretty good season or two with the national team, were in Division A of the LN and got quite a lot of points in their [відбірковій] emergency group, but did not qualify.
It is difficult, but lately in our club he is used to disappointments. But maybe not as big as this. He’ll be fine, he’ll always work as hard as he can and I don’t expect anything different from him tomorrow [у матчі з Ноттінгемом]”.
Soboslai and the Hungarian national team lost to the Irish team in the sixth round of qualifying group F with a score of 2:3, conceding in the 90th + 6th minute. As a result, the Irish became the second and will play in the playoffs in the spring, and the Hungarians finished the selection with nothing.
Sweden, with Alexander Isak, finished fourth in Quartet B with two points, but earned a place in the World Cup qualification play-offs by winning their Nations League group. In the first round of the playoffs, the Swedes will meet with the Ukrainian team – the match will take place on March 26.
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Source: sport.ua