HUNGARY FACE CRISIS ADMITS BOSS LEEKENS

Manager Georges Leekens admits Hungary are in crisis ahead of playing Scotland tomorrow after their fans turned on his team following a woeful defeat at home to Kazakhstan, writes Mark Walker.

Alex Mcleish’s next match in his second spell as Scots manager may be vital after losing to Costa Rica on Friday, but the hosts would appear to be suffering from far bigger problems than their visitors.

Just over 9,000 fans turned up for their friendly with the former Soviet nation and a large chunk walked out after just ten minutes when Kahakhstan went two goals in front.

The visitors eventually won 3-2, which led to the Magyars getting abused by the home fans left in the stadium who repeatedly chanted Where are your hearts? to their own team.

Experienced former Belgian boss Leekens admits the fans were right to lose patience after also crashing to a 1-0 defeat in Luxembourg in November. He said: “I don’t speak Hungarian too well yet, but I understood what the fans were shouting. I have said it’s going to take a lot of time to get it right and we knew it would be a hard game because Kazakhstan are an improving opponent.

“We gave away Christmas presents as goals and Christmas is long past. But we face a similar nation to ourselves in Scotland and, hopefully, we can get it right.”

Hungary captain Balazs Dzsudzsak said: “I have to apologise to the fans because we have not been good enough. Tuesday would be the last straw for a lot of our supporters if we were to lose again.”