Hungary coach quits after Dutch mauling

Amsterdam: Hungary coach Sandor Egervari resigned immediately after his country’s 8-1 drubbing by the Netherlands in their penultimate World Cup qualifier on Friday, the Hungarian Football Federation confirmed on Saturday.

“After a loss like this it goes without saying that I must offer my resignation,” he said in Amsterdam after the Group D defeat dropped Hungary from second to fourth and unlikely to secure the runners-up spot and a play-off place. “For Hungarian football this loss is a massive slap in the face.”

Former international Jozsef Csabi will take charge of their final match against Andorra in Budapest on Tuesday, the federation said on its website www.mlsz.hu.

Egervari had been in charge for the last three years.