Stuttgart – Whereas celebrating with the followers in regards to the last-minute victory and the possibility to achieve the spherical of 16 of the European Championship, the Hungarian footballers thought of their colleague Barnabás Varga.
Donning the striker’s jersey, Liverpool star Dominik Szoboszlai was taken off the pitch behind blankets as a privateness display screen after a medical incident. The quantity 19 jersey additionally featured prominently in a photograph after the 1-0 (0-0) win in opposition to Scotland.
Varga collapsed within the penalty space after crossing a free kick and remained immobile on the pitch. Hungarian TV station M4 later stated Vargas was in a steady situation. In response to info from Magenta TV, he had entry earlier than the ultimate whistle and was on his option to the hospital. Freiburg’s Roland Sallai instructed M4 that Varga is doing higher and that he hopes the 29-year-old striker from Ferencváros Budapest will get well rapidly and return to the staff. The incident within the 68th minute pushed the sporting occasions into the background.
“No Scotland, no celebration”
Till the tenth minute of additional time, Varga was the one objective scorer from Hungary on this European Championship; However then Kevin Csoboth scored the successful objective in opposition to Scotland within the final second. Hungary can now dream of the spherical of 16 with three factors, and the staff can be one of many prime 4 groups in third place within the group, because it was final yr in 2016.
For the Scots and their tireless followers, the European Championship celebration is again after the preliminary spherical. After the ultimate match of Group A, the Scots have only one level and might’t hope for extra. “No Scotland, no celebration,” the Scottish followers chanted among the many 54,000 individuals within the Stuttgart stadium for a very long time, however now coach Steve Clarke’s gamers have to depart. The Scottish staff had not gone past the group stage within the earlier three European Championships. After the opening 5-1 win in opposition to hosts Germany, they performed 1-1 in opposition to Switzerland.
Each groups have been barred from reaching the ultimate with no win to date. In entrance of their legendary coach Sir Alex Ferguson, the Scots took the lead and instantly pushed the Hungarians on the defensive. That they had excessive hopes for Manchester United’s Scott McTominay, who had scored seven targets in eight qualifying video games.
Csoboth redeemed the Hungarian followers
However there was little or no play on both facet. Argentinian referee Facundo Tello had his palms full ensuring the passionate duels stayed considerably inside bounds. On the Hungarian facet, the sport first went previous offensive star and captain Szoboszlai. The ex-Leipziger was barely capable of make an affect within the first half in opposition to the defensively stretched Scots.
Hungarian coach Marco Rossi as soon as once more relied on loads of Bundesliga energy with Péter Gulácsi in objective in addition to Leipzig teammate Willi Orbán, Hertha BSC’s Márton Dárdai, Union Berlin’s András Schäfer and Freiburg’s Roland Sallai within the beginning line-up. It was solely half an hour earlier than the Hungarians launched a promising assault. A free-kick from Szoboslai virtually made it 1-0 – however the onrushing Orbán headed it onto the crossbar.
After the victories in opposition to Switzerland (1:3) and Germany (0:2), the Hungarians tried an increasing number of to give attention to their soccer prospects after the break. However the encounter remained at a weak degree, even when the supporters of the 2 opponents made a hell of a racket. First, Szoboszlai missed a terrific probability to take the lead shortly earlier than the top, then Csoboth hit the submit in stoppage time – and at last redeemed the Hungarian followers in Stuttgart.