{"id":232865,"date":"2026-01-07T19:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/232865\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:44:13","slug":"dominik-szoboszlai-opens-up-on-hungarys-world-cup-heartbreak-against-ireland-i-never-felt-more-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/232865\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominik Szoboszlai opens up on Hungary\u2019s World Cup heartbreak against Ireland \u2013 \u2018I never felt more sad\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dominik Szoboszlai of Hungary is consoled by fans after the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifying defeat to Ireland. (Photo by Robert Szaniszlo\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages_2246472919.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Dominik Szoboszlai of Hungary is consoled by fans after the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifying defeat to Ireland. (Photo by Robert Szaniszlo\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Liverpool star Dominik Szoboszlai admits the aftermath of Hungary\u2019s disastrous World Cup qualifying defeat to Ireland in November was the lowest he had ever felt in his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Targeting a first qualification since 1986, Szoboszlai\u2019s side needed just a draw at home to Heimir Hallgrimsson\u2019s men in order to clinch second in the group and a play-off semi-final berth in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominik Szoboszlai of Hungary is consoled by fans after the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifying defeat to Ireland.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4700,61,60,5859,43,1102,4876],"class_list":["post-232865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-heimir-hallgrimsson","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-liverpool-football-club","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sean-oconnor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}