Messi983
Senior Member
Netherlands - Hungary. I hear a Hungarian player passed out on bench. I hope everything is OK.
Yes, Adam Szalai, former striker and legend of Hungarian football, had 86 caps and 26 goals. Played for Real Madrid Castilla early in his career but then spent majority of his career in Germany. He announced retirement in July and is now asssistant coach.
Thankfully he seems to be fine and apparently not the first time this happened to him.
The federation said in a statement on X that Szalai "is stable and he is conscious" after being taken to an Amsterdam hospital by ambulance.
"You see someone lying down, you see someone shaking. That is quite scary. But thankfully at a certain point it became clear that he was stable."
Van Dijk heard from Liverpool teammate Dominik Szoboszlai, who captained Hungary, that Szalai had suffered a similar incident previously.
"But yes, it is still very scary to see. I hope he is doing well and that he recovers quickly."