Hungarians go for it! Gotta win against Scotland today!

The two-goal defeat suffered by the Swiss and the host Germany in the first two rounds put the national team in an extremely difficult situation, because it only has a chance for the third place in the group of four, and that does not mean a guaranteed round of 16.

In the 24-team system, in which the four best third out of six are still among the 16, the four points can be considered a watershed, and this is already out of reach for the Hungarian team. Therefore, your fate is not only in your own hands.

The minus-four goal difference (1-5) doesn't help the chances of advancing either, if it were to decide between the three-point group thirds, so it doesn't matter how many goals the Scots manage to score in the event of a win.

As the members of the national team said, it is not really worth counting until there is victory,

at the same time, it is worth noting that in groups B and C, it is possible that the third-place finish with only two points - for this, Spain and the defending champion Italy cannot lose to Albania and the World Cup bronze medalist Croatia, and England must defeat Slovenia -, the D and in E there is no chance for this anymore.

All in all, even in the event of a Hungarian victory, coach Marco Rossi's students could worry for days whether their score or goal difference would be enough, while their direct rivals would know exactly what kind of result or what margin of victory they need.

What is certainly encouraging for the Hungarian team is that they performed significantly better against the Germans, who were considered among the contenders of the tournament and were cheered on by the home crowd, than in the opening match.

The changes made by the Italian-Hungarian manager were effective, as the defense became much more stable, with Attila Fiola and Márton Dárdai replacing Ádám Lang and Attila Szalai in the rear formation, while Fiola's place was taken by Bolla Bendegúz on the right wing.

In attack, the utilization of situations should be improved, because there were opportunities in both meetings, but only one of them was converted into a goal.

It is also an important aspect that, on paper, the Scottish team represents a weaker playing force than the previous two rivals, but at the same time, this does not mean that we would be the favorites for the match. Not only because it is a big question how much the physical football of the island's defense will "taste" for us, especially in the third act of the series load.

Since the appointment of Marco Rossi in 2018, it has only happened once (back in 2019) that the national team has lost three times in the series,

while there were three consecutive winless meetings in 2021.

The participation of defender Balogh Botond, right winger Loic Nego and defensive midfielder Callum Styles is still questionable for the Hungarians, but two defenders, the injured Kieran Tierney and the suspended Ryan Porteous, are definitely not playing for the rivals.

The latter missed the previous match as well, but thanks to the much more organized defense of the Scottish defense, the 1-1 draw against Switzerland, after suffering a smooth 5-1 defeat to Germany in the opening match of the tournament.

The Scots are preparing for a historic match, as they have never made it past the group stage at the European Championships and World Cup.

and in case of success, this would almost certainly happen, because they would have four points.

The situation of the islanders is so much better that with a win they could feel themselves in the round of 16, but overall you can expect a one-out match, a life-and-death fight in the clash, in which a draw would mean farewell for both teams, and it would only be a meager consolation for the Scots. , to keep their third place.

The Hungarian-Scottish clash will begin on Sunday at 9:00 p.m. in the MHP Arena in Stuttgart, which can accommodate nearly 55,000 spectators, and will be broadcast live by M4 Sport, Kossuth Rádió, Nemzeti Sportrádió, and nemzetisport.hu on the whistle of Argentine Facundo Tello.

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