On Thursday, the Romanian sports press called the Hungarian national team led by Marco Rossi magical and one of the biggest surprises of the European football championship, which was partly organized in Budapest. It drew 2-2 against the German national team in Munich on Wednesday evening and was close to reaching the round of 16. the transylvania.ma.
Gazeta Sporturilor, the only sports newspaper published in print, highlighted that the so-called group of death, which included the Hungarians, was indeed a group of death and ended dramatically. During the German-Hungarian and Portuguese-French matches on Wednesday evening, all four teams were in line to advance, three of them (Hungary, Germany, Portugal) were also eliminated in the light of the current results, and in the end, the best teams advanced, so Hungary finished in fourth place.
The newspaper quotes the 65-year-old former Romanian captain Victor Piturca , congratulated the Hungarian national team and expressed his regret that Rossi's team did not advance. "Perhaps they deserved this victory, they have players of more modest abilities in their squad, but the coach managed to put together a united, strong team. It's a big thing that Germany and France couldn't beat them, I congratulate them, they left with their heads held high, " Piturca said.
After the match, the most watched Romanian sports channel, Digisport, analyzed the German-Hungarian match for the longest time. Ilie Dumitrescu called attention to the organized play of the Hungarian team. He pointed out that the Hungarians not only cared about defense, but were also able to attack, and they were able to fight back immediately after the Germans' equalizing goal, which means that they performed at a high level not only physically, but also mentally. The professional analyst also underlined the tactical discipline of the Hungarian team, and then concluded his analysis by saying, "Hats off to the Hungarians", while the Romanian sports channel shouted "Respect Hungary!" an inscription was read.
The author of the article published on Eurosport's Romanian-language website called the Hungarian national team "magical", which played "sensationally" despite the fact that no one gave them a chance in the group of death. According to the author , Marco Rossi showed that even a small country without stars can play as a contender against the big ones if it fights as a united and organized team.
