Wout Weghorst slammed for celebrating goal after Hungary coach collapsed on touchline

Wout Weghorst scored the Netherlands' archetypal extremity successful their UEFA Nations League triumph implicit Hungary but the lucifer was earlier stopped arsenic Hungary manager Adam Szalai was hospitalised

Former Manchester United and Burnley striker Wout Weghorst has been blasted for celebrating a extremity conscionable minutes aft Hungary’s adjunct manager Adam Szalai was taken to hospital during a Nations League clash successful Amsterdam.

Weghorst could not fell his delight erstwhile helium fired Holland up from the punishment spot aft 21 minutes arsenic Ronald Koeman’s men ran retired 4-0 winners successful the Johan Cruyff Arena. Play was controversially restarted with a punishment pursuing a VAR cheque aft a hold of much than 10 minutes aft 36-year-old Szalai had collapsed connected the touchline.

A aesculapian structure was erected astir the erstwhile Real Madrid, Mainz, Schalke, Hoffenheim and Basel striker, who was transported to the Amsterdam University Hospital by ambulance aft being stabilised by doctors. Latest reports person confirmed that Szalai is successful intensive care. But Weghorst’s absorption to his extremity has been hammered successful Holland.

The 32-year-old came guardant to people from the spot aft referee Jesus Gil Manzano was alerted by the VAR to a imaginable handball. Weghorst past ran to the country emblem to observe with a flamboyant genu descent earlier pumping the aerial with some fists.

Former Dutch planetary Rafael van der Vaart was astatine the crippled moving arsenic a TV analyst. He raged: “Watching Weghorst observe made maine sick to the stomach.

“He should person realised that Hungary’s players were really entitled to wantonness the lucifer and spell to the dressing room. Instead they had a gathering connected the transportation and decided to resume playing. That deserves monolithic respect due to the fact that nary of those players knew what the concern was astatine that moment.

“They decided to transportation on, Netherlands got a punishment - and past Weghorst started celebrating arsenic if helium had scored the victor successful the World Cup final. He should person chopped that out.”

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Former Nottingham Forest and Celtic striker Pierre van Hooijdonk, who was connected co-commentary added: “It would person been truthful overmuch much due if Weghorst had not celebrated.”

Weghorst was besides condemned by Dutch fans connected societal media. One station read: “Never play him again - Koeman should person taken him disconnected immediately.”

Weghorst, 32, who present plays for Amsterdam giants Ajax, spent six months on-loan astatine United aft failing to impressment astatine Burnley pursuing his £12million accomplishment astatine Turf Moor from Wolfsburg successful January 2022.

Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai was 1 of a fig of Hungarian players who were visibly distressed aft 6ft 4ins Szalai collapsed. Szoboszlai was comforted by his Kop skipper Virgil van Dijk arsenic medics treated the antheral who won 86 caps for his state earlier moving into coaching astatine the extremity of past season.

Van Dijk aboriginal told reporters that his team-mate had told him that helium had seen Szalai illness before. Van Dijk said: “I could spot him lying determination portion his assemblage was shaking. I was lasting adjacent to Szoboszlai and asked him if the manager had immoderate past similar this and Dominik said helium did. It was a daze for everyone. I recovered it scary to spot him lying there. I truly anticipation helium is unchangeable and volition retrieve fully. His betterment is much important than anything.”

Asked if it was hard to transportation connected playing, Van Dijk added: “It surely was for the Hungary team. They had to determine if they wanted to transportation on. We were patiently waiting for the outcome. I deliberation it says a batch astir their spot that they wanted to transportation on. I person the utmost respect for them.”

Szalai scored 26 goals for Hungary during an planetary vocation that stretched betwixt 2009 and 2022. He joined Marco Rossi’s backroom unit past month.

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