The Hungarian player was taken out on a stretcher after remaining on the ground for many minutes.
Sheets all around the player and the trainers, worried faces, the match between Scotland and Hungary almost turned into a tragedy this Sunday evening for the last match of group A of the group stage of this Euro. It all happened in the 69th minute, 29-year-old striker Barnabas Varga collapsed after a free kick from Hungary captain Szoboszlai, on which he was hit on the head by Angus’ elbow Gunn, the Scottish goalkeeper. From the first moments, players all around understood the seriousness of the injury, urging the trainers to come quickly after putting the attacker in a side safety position while he was convulsing.
Evacuated to hospital, the player had “several facial bones” broken and “suffered a concussion” indicated the Hungarian Federation in a press release. “He has to undergo a small operation but he is in a stable condition,” explained striker Roland Sallai. Fingers crossed that he comes back soon. “Marco Rossi, the coach, also spoke about the fear experienced by his players when they saw their colleague on the ground: “Barnabas was unconscious, his teammates were worried about him and because the doctors took a long time to come, probably because they did not realize his condition. Now he is out of danger. He is suffering from ‘a fracture here (it shows the orbital floor under the left eye). He will have surgery and will no longer be able to play with us in this Euro. “