Hungary faces Portugal in round 1 of the Euro group stage. The match will be played on Tuesday, June 15th at Puskás Aréna (Budapest)
The Hungarian national team does not have star players, but the team's unbeaten streak in all tournaments lasts 11 consecutive matches. The Magyars reached the final part of the European Championship for the second time in a row. In the previous European Championship, the team reached the 1/8 finals, where it lost to Belgium. Marco Rossi's charges made it to the tournament through the UEFA Nations League. In the playoffs, Hungary coped with Bulgaria and Iceland. Hungarians are outsiders of Quartet F, so bookmakers offer a very large coefficient for their progress from the group. We may note two players: the defender of RB Leipzig, Willie Orban, and the striker of Mainz, Adam Szalai.
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Portugal is an underestimated national team. Recently, it has pleasantly surprised the whole of Europe. Under the leadership of Fernando Santos, Selecao won both the European Championship in 2016 and the Nation League in 2019. Everyone understands that key players are not getting younger every year, so the coaching staff is trying to add young talented players to the roster so that to gradually renew the squad. The Portuguese unbeaten streak in all competitions lasts six matches. The team looks confident in all tournaments. The friendly game against Israel before the start of the European Championship (a 4-0 victory) showed that the core of the Portuguese national team is in excellent shape and intends to perform with dignity at the upcoming European Championship.
Hungary is a tough middle peasant who is not famous for great achievements. Football players take the field with the goal of either scoring points or showing a decent game, since all opponents at both the European Championship and the World Cup are very serious. Now Portugal is head and shoulders stronger and more experienced than its opponent. The teams met in 2017 in the World Cup qualification. Then the Portuguese beat the Hungarians twice with a total score of 4-0. We believe that this time Fernando Santos's men will again gain victory and take a confident start to the European Championship 2020. The only small plus for Hungary is that the match will take place in Budapest.
Prediction for the match: Portugal to win with -1.0 handicap