Hungary made history despite early exit, says coach Rossi

MUNICH: Hungary coach Marco Rossi says his side would leave the European Championships with plenty of positives as it drew 1-1 with world champion France and 2-2 with Germany, losing only to Portugal in a very tough group.

Hungary coach Marco Rossi said that despite exiting the European Championship after the group stage his team could hold their heads up high for playing a remarkable three games against some of the top teams in the world.

"I would challenge anyone to say they knew that coming up against these teams we would get any points," Rossi told a news conference. "But we drew against France and Germany. This will go down in recent Hungarian football history.

"The guys have done something that people will recall in years to come and they will be proud of them," he added.

"(My players) were disappointed with the result because we went very close to advancing, which would have been incredible, unimaginable, but unfortunately even in the greatest fairytales there can be less than happy endings," Rossi said.

"That said I am very proud of my players tonight. From a technical perspective we are not the best in the world, but we are for every other perspective. Tactically, helping each other out, digging in, sacrificing...

"I am very proud to coach this side. I congratulated all lads, told them, they need to keep their heads up, because two months from now World Cup qualifying resumes," he added. Agencies

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