The head coach of the Hungarian national team, Marco Rossi, is satisfied that his team did not get into the same qualifying group for Euro 2024 with the Italian national team.
"We hope that we will be able to perform well at the European Championship. We are lucky that we will not cross Italy, so there will be no problems. Expectations are high as we hope to make it to our third European Championship in a row.
Italy is one of the best teams in the world, so there is no shame in losing to them," Rossi was quoted as saying by Rai Sport.
According to the results of the draw, Hungary was placed in Group G along with Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Lithuania. The Italian national team will compete in Group C, where its opponents will be England, Ukraine, North Macedonia and Malta.
It will be recalled that the Hungarian national team twice lost to the Italians in Division A of the Nations League.