Hungary are 150/1 outsiders to win UEFA Euro 2024, longer odds than Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine, despite the fact that they haven’t lost a competitive game of football in over eighteen months, and have beaten the likes of England, Germany, and Croatia.
Marco Rossi has worked miracles since taking charge of the Hungarian national team in 2018, but can he work another one at the Euros?
In this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at the rise of Hungarian football, Viktor Orbán’s controversial involvement in it, and Hungary’s players, tactics, and prospects at Euro 2024.
My Social Links:
Linktree – https://linktr.ee/alfieph
Twitter @HITCSevens – https://twitter.com/HITCSevens
Instagram @hitcsevens – https://www.instagram.com/hitcsevens
Other HITC football / soccer / Premier League socials (not run by me):
Facebook – facebook.com/HITCfootball
28 Comments
You should add that Orban Vili, and Kerkez Milos , Dardai Marton and Pal all have Hungarian ancestry…
Thanks buddy for this GREAT and historical video!👏 I hope all of us get an unforgettable memory on this Euro Cup! A legjobbakat!🇭🇺🫡
Újpest was just bought by MOL, the Hungarian state oil company. So, every first division club is now operated by an Orbán ally.
As soon as enough people call a team a 'dark horse' before the tournament, it becomes guarenteed that that team fails to do anything impressive.
Hungary has a potential to upset but the way the squad played the friendly against Ireland was dreadful. I can't say if it was just the squad resting for the Euros or what but the normally structured style of play literally disintegrated before our own eyes. It was if completely different teams played the two halfs.
First half was the creativity of the team with no efficiency in scoring. We had a really good 35-40 but the wasted chances and the horrible passing killed any momentum. Especially Szoboszlai. He looked like a shadow of his former self, I struggle to recall two good passes he made. TWO. He's the engine of the forward line, every build up involves him but he probably lost possession the most time this friendly.
The other half was the exact opposite : an efficienct, more structured team with almost zero creativity for a build up. Much improved passing but lacking creativity or danger.
Overall the team looked okay but there will be huge problems if we don't improve. If we will be out of possession 80% of the match there will be more than enough time for any opposition to force the squad to make errors. If we will be in possession but can't score goals it will also be a problem.
Austria.
Why? Ralf Ragnick
Regarding Denmark's very famous 1992 win (and I'm not trying to take anything away.. it was a brilliant performance): There were only 8 qualifying teams entering the actual tournament back then, so IF you got in, obviously with a bit of luck and effort you COULD suddenly go a long way. It was in fact so difficult just to qualify that Denmark only finished 2nd to Yugoslavia which was an Eastern European heavyweight back then. They got disqualified due to the civil war so the Danes were called in absolutely last minute, with most players having already gone on summer holiday 1-3 weeks earlier, some players being phoned up at holiday destinations in Italy and Spain, thinking they were pranked by friends or family and hanging up. But yeah, back then if you were in, you had a much bigger chance of success than today with 24 teams.
Ummm.. they just lost to Ireland who have been woeful at best for the last 4 years 😂😂
Did we not say this about Turkey last time and they lost every group game 😂? Hungary had an extremely easy qualifying group.
Should I get offended by now as a Swiss? 😅 That's the 3rd Tournament in a row when a dark horse got hyped up in a group with Switzerland. Turkey in 2021 and Serbia in 2022 ended up eliminated.
Informative and Hilarious. The nazi Germany bit was killer. Norm is looking down from heaven
As usual, only the tier system kind of gives us an idea of which teams are what. Tier S: Germany, England, Spain, France. Tier A: Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Croatia, Belgium. Tier B: Denmark, Austria, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland. The winner is almost surely found among these teams. Turkey are the notorious under-achievers at finals and Croatia are the perpetual over-achievers.
i think Ukraine are easily the biggest dark horses. they look so good at the moment
Spain Euro 2008 and 2012 Combined Starting XI
Formation: 433
Goalkeeper: Casillas
Defenders: Ramos, Puyol, Pique, Alba
Midfielders: Alonso, Busquets, Xavi
Attackers: Silva, Torres, Iniesta
Hey, I opened a video for some football tactics, but now I'm invested in political/corruption scandals in Hungary. Tomorrow will be the European election… I see what you did there, mate 🙂
Turkey is the dark horse.
One of the serious squabbles with this detailed video is its definitely misguided description of the midfield. Both Nagy and – especially – Schäffer are brilliant playera. Schäffer is one of the most underrated players at the moment – but not for long, I hope.
Hungary won.t get out the group
i remember the year everyone thought turkey was the dark horse (alfie thinking theyd reach the semi final) and proceeded to lose every game
Here's the thing: I'm from Serbia and during the qualifiers Hungary was in our group as well: we lost to them 2:1 both times, their defence is SOLID, attack not so much yet they still manage to score at least once every game. Their euro group is fairly doable, they might even top it. They're neighbours, so imma be (slightly) rooting for them, even tho I'm still salty about how qualifiers went against them.
As per us: we're doomed, England is ravaging us in the first game and we'll lose that little bit of confidence we have built in the last few months going into the other two games against Denmark and Slovenia. I hope we'll at least be able to advance as best third ranked team otherwise we suffer.
They just lost to Ireland
In the Euros 2020 Hungary almost won their group which had Germany, France and Portugal in it. Almost, because of an 84th minute Leon Goretzka equalizer in their last group stage match. It's no surprise that the sentiment in Hungary is that the group stage is more than survivable this time, but if history taught us anything, it's that the more we hope, the more disappointed we get at the end.
How much freedom would we be willing to gjve up to win the World Cup?
Lol did they not just lose against Ireland just a few days ago 😂
You should do a video on politics and corruption in Serbian football
they lost against ireland
Cheers. A fiver on Hungary to go out in the groups then!
This year its gonna be either Denmark or Poland 🙃