The defender from Kecskemét received an invitation to the Hungarian national team for the third time from Marco Rossi, who of course is very aware of Szalai (also), he often watches the KTE match on the spot, and this is not noticeable for the 23-year-old defender.
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“I didn’t see. I usually don’t pay attention to who’s sitting in the stands. But of course I know that even if he’s not there, someone is watching my match and his team.” Zalai, who “He doesn’t tend to think about whether he will get an invitation or not, he is more interested in doing his daily work, walking as much as possible.”.
In addition to Szalai, Kristoffer Horvath was once again included in the squad against Serbia-Lithuania from Kekskemet, but this time Soma Suhodovski was left out, which Szalai attributes to the call-up of an additional full-back.
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“But I think this gives him an additional incentive to do more in order to answer the call. I think that in the previous training session he also did training work that he could have a future in the national team based on.” – he added about his KTE teammate.
With the exclusion of Willy Orbán, who suffered a knee injury in the friendly match against the Czech Republic, a place in the defense position became available, but Szalay “He looks at the situation realistically: he knows that there are players in his position who have a much greater routine and have already proven several times that they can be relied upon.”.
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Injuries, lack of confidence in the game, lack of routine – it will be difficult to put together a back three for the match against the Serbs.
He said that based on his experiences so far, the focus of national team matches is not primarily on physical preparation, as is the case with club teams, but rather on tactics and enhancing cohesion.
In conclusion, he talked about how the family and himself are still far from being invited to the national team becoming a regular thing, but they are already there, “And his mothers now understand that he does not play football in two teams, but the national team is a separate story.”.
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