Two wins, two defeats in Porec

The squad led by head coach Tamás Frank will contest the Under-19 Futsal European Championship qualifiers in early 2021, so this year's team will be preparing with that in mind. As a first challenge, the team travelled to Croatia last week for a five-team international tournament. Hungary started well and went on to defeat Belgium 5-3 in their first match after finding themselves level at 3-3 at half-time, Zoltán Szalmás leading the fight with four goals. On the second day of play, the scenario was similar, just the other way round; a 3-0 lead and a 3-3 half-time scoreline followed by an eventual 5-3 loss to France.

On matchday three, goalscoring chances were at a premium as a 4-0 defeat to Slovenia testifies, but matters improved in the final game on Tuesday, a 3-2 victory over Turkey  meaning we finished the tournament with a 50% win ratio.

"These tournaments are good because they give you the opportunity to gain international experience, international level being quite different to the quality of play the players are used to at their clubs. From this point of view, the tournament was perfect for us, although the fact that the four matches were played over four days may have put a little  too much strain on the squad. Our performance was patchy; we had some very good and some weaker periods within each match, but this is a natural part of youth-level futsal. The match against the Slovenians was the low point and here the team’s fatigue was most evident, but we can be satisfied with the rest of the matches and we shouldn’t be ashamed of our performances", Tamás Frank told mlsz.hu after the tournament.

Hungary’s matches in the Porec tournament in Croatia:

Hungary-Belgium 5-3 (HT: 3-3)
Scorers: Szalmás (4), Vatamaniuc-Bartha

France-Hungary 5-3 (3-3)
Scorers: Szalmás (2), Dorogi

Slovenia-Hungary 4-0 (2-0)

Hungary-Turkey 3-2 (1-1)
Scorers: Szabó, Gerencsér (2)

The Hungarian national squad:

Goalkeepers:

András Nyerges (Cső-Montage)

Kristóf Magyar (Baráti Futsal CSE)

Outfield players:

Zoltán Szalmás (TF)

Noel Lipl (TF)

Olivér Kardos (Kincsem Lovaspark SE)

Zsombor Papp (Haladás VSE)

Máté Kovács (Haladás VSE)

Dávid Vatamaniuc-Bartha (Haladás VSE)

Benjamin Németh (Haladás VSE)

Antal Gerencsér (Haladás VSE)

Ákos Szatmári (MVFC)

Bertalan Schiszler (Rubeola)

Zalán Szabó (Dunaújváros)

Benjamin Dorogi (Dunaújváros)