Szoboszlai: Togetherness and fighting spirit can be our great strengths

The national team arrived from early-summer weather to late autumn on Monday, the pleasant weather at home in Budapest being replaced by a chilly climate in Germany. On Tuesday, the morning hours saw a temperature of nine degrees celsius and it didn't get much warmer for the afternoon training session either. Before the first practice in Germany, Hungary's team captain Dominik Szoboszlai was the first guest in the Hungarian media centre and spoke to both Hungarian and local German journalists.

"I'm not nervous yet, but I'm curious to see how I'll feel when we're on the bus to the stadium in Cologne. Until then, I'll take advantage of the situation that I can wait calmly for the opening match against Switzerland," Szoboszlai told everyone.

"At the European Championship, we must use our strengths, our excellent team unity and fighting spirit; this could be the key to our successful performance. We've nothing to lose, but we can achieve great things in Germany. A few days ago, I found out that I'll be the youngest team captain of all time at the European Championship; this is a great honour for me and at the same time, I'd like to thank Marco Rossi for trusting me and for giving me the opportunity to lead the team to the European Championship".

"I've just finished a difficult season, but since this was my first in the Premier League, I'm not dissatisfied with my performance, although I definitely want to have a better season next time. I usually think positively, so it didn't bother me that I played a smaller role at Liverpool at the end of the season. At least the chance of injury was lower and I could focus on the European Championship earlier," explained Szoboszlai, who also assured everyone that the minor thigh injury he suffered in the match against Israel is no longer a problem and the tests have shown that he's completely healthy.

Accordingly, Szoboszlai was on the pitch during the afternoon training session with all his squadmates except Callum Styles and Loic Nego, who are still rehabilitating after minor injuries. The players will train in the afternoon on Wednesday too, this time in front of a larger crowd, since the session will be open to the public, so the squad will practise in front of a few hundred people.