One thing that cannot be ignored is the dedication to give everything by Liverpool’s relentless number 8 and vice captain Dominik Szoboszlai but it’s doubtful Liverpool’s head coach Andoni Iraola was completely happy. To be fair though Dom was cleared to join the Hungarian national team and there was real significance to beating their opponents Georgia as it insures the chance of progressing in the UEFA Nations League B, Group 2.
The UEFA Nations League is another competition put together to squeeze
more money out of the football loving masses with way less importance as the European Cup and World Cup but, as Hungary failed to qualify for last summers 26 World Cup, it’s important to them. It is also very clear to all of us Reds supporters that Dom takes great pride in captaining his country and the final game against Northern Ireland is in Budapest with a win meaning progressing to Nations League A.
With that all said it is understandable why Dom pushed on and after the game against Georgia he shared how close he was to not playing
“During the warm-up I was close to saying that I wouldn’t be able to play after all. I felt the injury during one of my shots. But I thought to myself that, having come this far, I wasn’t going to let the team down. So I tried to give everything I had, as best as I could.”
Dom went on to add
“My leg felt good, but now the treatment process starts all over again, and I need to be ready for Tuesday.”
It’s nothing new for players to carry on with an injury for possibly weeks with injections for the pain to help them cope and in Dom and the Hungarian national teams manager Marco Rossi’s defense Iraola allowed Dom to start the second half against Crystal Palace with a heavily strapped knee.
As much as we cannot afford to loose any more players for an extended period of time and the fact Dom was Liverpool’s player of the season last year this writer isn’t feeling panicked (not just yet anyway) even with new manager bounce ManU up next at Anfield in the Premier League. This is mostly down to the two best midfielders for form at the moment are young Trey Nyoni and Alexis Mac Allister but not having the availability of Dom with his set-piece wonder strikes and long range rockets is concerning.
Fingers crossed that Dom can captain Hungary at Budapest against Northern Ireland and get the result needed without worsening his knee injury and be ready for however large a role wanted by Iraola when ManU come to Anfield. YNWA
