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Hungary determined to keep Portugal out

2016-06-22 08:05:00 from:SNTV

Hungary may be leading Group F with four points, but with a final  match against Portugal to come on Wednesday, everything is still to  play for.

A 2-0 win over Austria, followed by a 1-1 draw with Iceland has taken  Bernd Storck's side to the summit of the group, but they could still  finish in 3rd place.

Forward, Gergo Lovrencsics says his side won't let first place slip  through their fingers though.

SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian) Gergo Lovrencsics, Hungary forward (Q: How do  you see the match against Portugal? Do you think you will be relax  cause you are already qualified for next round?)

"This is a good question. Tomorrow's game is going to be an important  game whether we're qualified or not. We don't want to be third in the  group. We've got four points from the first two games so I think we  can play well against this Portuguese team. For myself, and I think I  can speak on behalf of the team, we don't want this first place to  slip through our fingers."

Lovrencsics added that it was huge motivation to play against the  likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, despite Portugal having a disappointing  tournament so far.

They've been held to draws by both Iceland and Austria, with Ronaldo  missing a penalty in the latter of those two games.

Iceland will face Austria in the other Group F game on Wednesday, and  with four of the third placed teams across all the groups still  progressing, Group F remains wide open.

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