Hungary coach Ádám Szalai stable after collapse in Nations League tie

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Peter Fitzpatrick·16 November 2024

Hungary coach Ádám Szalai stable after collapse in Nations League tie

The Hungary FA have confirmed national team coach Ádám Szalai is stable in hospital after falling ill in the first-half of their Nations League game with the Netherlands.

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Minutes into the game, the referee stopped it due to Szalai reportedly collapsing on the Hungarian bench. Medical staff quickly attended to him, before he was taken in an ambulance to a nearby hospital.

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🚨🇭🇺 Official statement from Hungary on Szalai Adam conditions. “Ádám Szalai is stable, he is conscious. Few minutes ago he was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Amsterdam for examination”.
– Saturday, 16 November 2024

Szalai is a national icon, having played 86 times and scored 26 goals for his country over a 13-year spell between 2009 and 2022, before joining the coaching staff.

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