Hungary coach who collapsed on touchline reducing players to tears issues update

Adam Szalai was taken to a infirmary successful the Dutch superior aft the shocking incidental successful the opening stages of the Nations League lucifer with the Netherlands connected Saturday night

Hungary adjunct manager Adam Szalai insists helium is "doing well" aft collapsing connected the touchline during his side's 4-0 nonaccomplishment to the Netherlands successful the Nations League.

Players were near successful tears aft the 36-year-old mislaid consciousness connected Saturday night. A aesculapian structure was rapidly formed astir him portion aesculapian teams attempted to springiness treatment, with Virgil van Dijk admitting the occurrence was "very scary".

Liverpool prima Dominik Szoboszlai was 1 of the players who looked devastated arsenic the game, held astatine Ajax's Amsterdam Arena, was paused portion Szalai received treament.

The erstwhile Hungary guardant was aboriginal taken to a infirmary successful the Dutch superior aft the incident. The lucifer would restart soon afterwards, with Wout Weghorst, Cody Gakpo, Denzel Dumfries and Teun Koopmeiners each getting connected the scoresheet for the Netherlands.

He has since offered fans an update from hospital, confirming that helium is feeling better. Szalai wrote a station connected Facebook that read: "Thanks for the tons of messages, I'm doing well."

Hungary brag Marco Rossi provided an update anterior to his connection to guarantee fans and onlookers that helium was conscious and speaking contempt the harrowing scenes. He said: "He is conscious, capable to speak, we privation him the best. I didn't spot thing unusual astir him, helium was perfectly good and looked healthy, it deed america similar a bolt from the blue."

The Hungary Football Association released a connection connected Szalai's concern aft the game, saying: "Adam Szalai fell sick successful the archetypal minutes of the Netherlands-Hungary match, but his information is unchangeable and helium is conscious. Minutes ago, helium was transported by ambulance to an Amsterdam infirmary for examination."

It came aft ex-Manchester United prima Weghorst was slammed by erstwhile Netherlands and Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart for celebrating his opening extremity from the spot truthful soon aft Szalai had been sent to hospital.

Van der Vaart told NOS: "We get a punishment and it's a precise hard situation. When you people and observe similar Wout Weghorst did, it truly makes my tummy turn."

Szalai lone precocious started arsenic a manager aft retiring successful 2023. He made 86 appearances for Hungary arsenic a player, having besides featured for clubs similar Mainz, Schalke, Hoffenheim and Basel.

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