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Hungary’s football-loving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed his personal disappointment with the Hungarian team’s performance at the Euros.
In a clip posted to Orbán’s TikTok channel from his trip to Kyiv on Wednesday, he told the Ukrainian coach Serhiy Rebrov: “You did well.”
When Rebrov responded “you too!” Orbán batted the compliment away. “I was not happy,” Orbán insisted, “but you did really well because you have really good quality players! Congratulations!”
Both teams were eliminated in the group stages of the tournament.
Hungary finished third in its group behind Germany and Switzerland, but ahead of Scotland. It pulled off a dramatic 1-0 win over the Scots, but that wasn’t enough to secure a place in the last 16. After the team went undefeated in 2023, the enthusiastic prime minister’s hopes had been high.
Orbán said it was just unfortunate that Ukraine finished bottom of its group against Romania, Belgium and Slovakia. “It was just bad luck, nothing else, but you did very well!”
“How is your life?” Orbán asked Rebrov, who replied: “After Hungary, yes, it’s hard.” Rebrov previously coached Hungarian top club Ferencváros between 2018 and 2021, and has been in charge of the Ukrainian national team since last year.
