Nations League: Injury Forces Squad Adjustments for Key Matches

Milos Kerkez in red.

Milos Kerkez has been left out of the Hungarian national football team squad due to an injury, and has been replaced by Szabolcs Schön, who has been called up by head coach Marco Rossi.

According to the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ), the Bournemouth left-back will not join the national team due to a “recurring knee complaint.”

On Saturday, Kerkez played the whole match in the English top flight, losing 3-2 away to Brentford. Eight-time international Schön, who was called up to replace him, also started for Bolton Wanderers in the English third division, the Hungarian coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute of a 5-0 defeat at Stockport.

 

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The squad will meet in Telki (near Budapest) on Monday to start their preparations for their next two matches,

first playing against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Saturday and then Germany three days later in front of a full house at Puskás Arena.

At stake in the former clash will be second place in the group, which will earn a place in the quarter-finals.

The Hungarian national football team has 24 players:

• Goalkeepers: Dénes Dibusz, Péter Szappanos, Balázs Tóth
• Defenders: Botond Balogh, Endre Botka, Márton Dárdai, Attila Fiola, Willi Orbán, Kornél Szűcs
• Midfielders: Bendegúz Bolla, Dániel Gera, Mihály Kata, Ádám Nagy, Zsolt Nagy, Loic Nego, Tamás Nikitscher, András Schäfer, Szabolcs Schön
• Forwards: Kevin Csoboth, Zsombor Gruber, Roland Sallai, Levente Szabó, Dominik Szoboszlai, Barnabás Varga

In addition to Kerkez’s injury, as Hungary Today previously reported, there are two significant changes from Marco Rossi’s October squad: Krisztofer Horváth and Martin Ádám are not on the team this time, and the strikers have been replaced by Zsombor Gruber from Ferencváros and Levente Szabó from Eintracht Braunschweig in Bundesliga 2. Péter Gulácsi has not been included in the squad this time either, by his own decision.

UEFA Nations League schedule:
09.07., 9:45 p.m.: Germany-Hungary 5-0
09.10., 9:45 p.m.: Hungary – Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-0
10.11., 9:45 p.m.: Hungary – Netherlands 1-1
10.14., 9:45 p.m.: Bosnia and Herzegovina – Hungary 0-2
11.16., 9:45 p.m.: Netherlands-Hungary
11.19., 9:45 p.m.: Hungary – Germany

Via MTI; Featured image via MTI/Szigetváry Zsolt