Turkey had to accept a practice defeat on Friday evening. The team of national coach Vincenzo Montella lost 1-0 to Hungary in the Puskás Arena in Budapest. Just after halftime, Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai scored the only goal of the match from the penalty spot.

National coach Marco Rossi of Hungary had room in his line-up for former AZ player Milos Kerkez. On the left of midfield, he had to provide Szoboszlai with useful balls, among other things. For Turkey, Orkun Kökçü played in central midfield with Ismail Yüksek. Enes Ünal, ex-FC Twente, was at the point of the attack. Arda Güler, among others, started on the bench.

Hungary had possession in the early stages, but the first opportunity belonged to Kökçü. The Haarlem native saw his curled shot just miss Péter Gulácsi's goal. The Hungarians' goalkeeper had to intervene again after just under twenty minutes, this time on an attempt by Juventus talent Kenan Yildiz.

Hungary did little and initially got no further than a shot from Roland Sallai, whose effort was easily saved by Mert Günok. Shortly afterwards, Turkey suffered a setback with the withdrawal of Ridvan Yilmaz. The Rangers left back was relieved by Mert Müldür.

In the phase before half-time, Hungary started to press more and had an excellent opportunity through Sallai. The striker saw his shot fly towards the top corner, but Günok made an excellent save. Barnabas Varga headed just wide from the subsequent corner kick. The final danger came from the away team. Gulácsi made a good save on an attempt by Yunus Akgün.

A handball from Ünal in the box cost Turkey dearly. Szoboszlai reported for the eleven-meter kick and shot the ball hard into the left corner: 1-0. On the other hand, Zeki Çelik could have quickly made it 1-1, had it not been for an excellent defensive action that prevented things from getting worse for the Hungarians.

Five minutes after Kökçü had left the field for Güler, Bendeguz Bolla should have made it 2-0. He cleared some space for himself and saw his attempt just saved by Günok. Turkey fought for the equalizer, had several corner kicks and chances, but a goal was not possible for Turkey. Hungary thought they would make it 2-0 in injury time, were it not for the fact that András Schäfer was offside when he tapped in.

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