Dublin Airport kicks Dominik Szoboszlai while he’s down with brutal tweet after Hungary’s defeat | OneFootball

Dominik Szoboszlai is receiving no sympathy from across the Irish Sea over Hungary’s failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in North America.

The Liverpool midfielder was left heartbroken after his nation, needing only a draw at home to Republic of Ireland on Sunday to clinch a play-off berth, twice relinquished a lead before losing out to Troy Parrott’s 96th-minute sucker punch.

Candid footage showed Irish pundit Kevin Doyle shouting a derogatory term at the 25-year-old as the former Wolves striker celebrated the stoppage-time winner, and the Hungary captain has continued to be kicked while already down.

Dublin Airport brutally mocks Szoboszlai

Shortly after Ireland’s heroics on Sunday, Dublin Airport changed its name on X to Troy Parrott International Airport, and they rubbed it in further with an unsubtle dig at Szoboszlai in a post on Monday evening.

Posting a photo of signage for the U.S. pre-clearance facility, with an image of the Liverpool midfielder in tears pasted over it, they added the caption: ‘U.S pre-clearance. Some have it, some don’t.’

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Szoboszlai now turns his attention to reviving Liverpool

Irish celebrations at their national team’s dramatic passage to the play-offs (and the continuation of their hopes of a first World Cup appearance since 2002) are entirely understandable, especially given the circumstances in which they secured improbably back-to-back wins over Portugal and Hungary.

However, the trolling of Szoboszlai was rather crass, particularly when the Reds’ number 8 didn’t exactly sink without trace in Budapest on Sunday. In fact, it took an outstanding save from ex-Anfield teammate Caoimhin Kelleher to deny him a match-deciding late goal shortly before Parrott completed his hat-trick.

The World Cup dream is over for the midfielder and LFC teammate Milos Kerkez, but they’ll need to swiftly put that disappointment behind them and refocus their attention on trying to inspire a turnaround in fortunes for their club after a largely dismal autumn for the Premier League champions.

Liverpool’s woes would be even more severe if it weren’t for the 25-year-old, who’s been one of very few players in Arne Slot’s side to play to a consistently high level during what’s been a difficult season for the Reds so far.

How wonderful it’d be to witness Szoboszlai celebrating gleefully at scoring an all-important winning goal against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, in stark contrast to the anguish he’s felt over the past couple of days after Hungary’s failure to qualify for the World Cup.

You can view Dublin Airport’s post mocking Szoboszlai below, via @DublinAirport on X:

You can watch Slot’s full post-Man City press conference via Empire of the Kop on YouTube: