Hungary's Barnabas Varga is reportedly 'stable' after a terrifying incident on a night in which his side ended Scotland's Euro 2024 hopes via a dramatic late winner.
The 1-0 defeat firmly ended Scotland's dream while Hungary will have to wait to see if they advance as one of the best placed third-placed teams, with Germany and Switzerland advancing automatically from their group.
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Just as Scotland were pressing for a winning goal, Hungary went right up the other end and scored a late winner through Kevin Csoboth #Euro2024 #SCOHUN
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Varga suffered a serious looking injury midway through the second-half, temporarily bringing the match to a halt.
The incident occured in the 71st minute when Varga, who had attempted to get on the end of a cross, appeared to collide with Scottish goalkeeper Angus Gunn.
The forward was shown to be unconscious as he hit the deck, before his teammates immediately called for medical attention.
Liverpool star Dominik Szoboszalai ran towards the medics before helping them rush over to his teammate with a stretcher amid the worrying scenes.
Dominik Szoboszlai ran with the stretcher to help it get to teammate Bernabas Varga faster 👏 pic.twitter.com/fmLqoIUV4C
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) June 23, 2024
Players formed a circle around the stricken player as he was tended to by medics, holding up sheets around the scene to offer them some privacy.
He was then stretchered from the field to a round of applause from both supporters amid scenes that brought up memories of Christian Eriksen's incident at the event three years prior.
Barnabas Varga reportedly stable after scary incident
The BBC has issued a Tweet claiming that Varga is stable after receiving an update from the Hungarian FA.
"The Hungarian Football Federation has confirmed Barnabas Varga’s condition is stable and he has been taken to hospital in Stuttgart," it read.
The Hungarian Football Federation has confirmed Barnabas Varga’s condition is stable and he has been taken to hospital in Stuttgart.
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) June 23, 2024
A positive development after what were harrowing scenes, with TV directors unnecessarily showing the aftermath of the collision.
A number of viewers vented their frustration with what they deemed to be a lack of urgency from the local medical staff during what was a very concerning situation.
How frickin long did it take for Varga to receive attention?! Not just by his own medics but the stadium crew too? Players having to drag them on! #scohun #EURo2024
— Tony Tracey (@TonyTracey) June 23, 2024
Those medics with a stretcher need some serious retraining. Why on earth would you walk towards a floored Barnabas Varga in the recovery position?
— Henry (@WFCHenry) June 23, 2024
Still a mixture of sick and pissed off from looking at the Varga injury,
The fact a football player has to run over and take the stretcher from trained medics who can’t bother there arse to run onto the pitch is absolutely disgraceful! Those medics need to be sacked! #EURo2024— Anfield Transfer Hub (@AnfieldNews367) June 23, 2024
Wishing Barnabas Varga a speedy recovery!
Those medics were fucking awfully slow. @EURO2024 sort your medics out (I’m a medic) that was poor. #barnabasvarga #hungary #EURo2024 pic.twitter.com/rKk7ortxIl— Mayhem Survival (@Mayhem_Survival) June 23, 2024
It is the 12th time that Scotland have been sent packing from a major tournament at the group stages in 12 appearances.
They will feel hard done by after Stuart Armstrong appeared to be bundled over in the penalty area late on, with Alan Shearer on the BBC and Didi Hamann on RTE both sharing their disbelief with the call.
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Didi Hamann feels it was a "scandalous decision" for Scotland not to have got a penalty when Stuart Armstrong went down in Hungary's box #Euro2024 #SCOHUN
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The incident did not even go to VAR.
A chaotic end to a chaotic night for Steve Clarke's side.
