Budapest – Critical assessments of Hungarian โfootball’s performance are appearing even within state-controlled media, despite massive public investment. Nemzeti sport, the nationalized sports daily, has published articles โขquestioning why significant financial resources – hundreds of billions of forints over the past decade – haven’t translated into improved results for Hungarian teams.
Recent articles highlight โdisappointing performances byโ youth national teams. The U19 team suffered a 4-0 loss to Greece in Kispest, while the โคU17 team was defeated 7-1 by the Czech Republic.
Columnist Zsolt Somogyi, writing on November 16, 2025, noted the abundance of โขresources โ- quality facilities, coaching education, and ample funding – yet lamented the lack of aโค “quality product.” Heโค suggested the influx of money may โhave โคledโฃ to complacency within theโ Hungarian football โคsystem. He observed that the Croatian U21 team was impressed by Hungarian facilitiesโข andโฃ spending during a recent match at the Hidegkuti stadium.
Gรกbor โThury, another Nemzeti Sport contributor, echoed โคthese concerns, stating that footballโข has become a “strategic task” under theโข second Orbรกn goverment, with an apparent assumption that infrastructure spending would automatically resolve professional shortcomings. He argued that โwhile national team coach Marco rossi’s decisions can beโ scrutinized following the recent 3-2 defeat,he is limited by a lack of high-qualityโ Hungarianโค players. Thury emphasized โthe need to understand the reasons forโข low player utilization โbefore further criticism.
Prime Minister Viktor โOrbรกn is scheduled to discuss the state of โขHungarian football live โon his Facebook page at 8:00 PM on Thursday, November 20, โฃ2025, with sports commentator Istvรกnโข Hajdรบ B. and another guest.
