Scotland-Hungary, third day of the Euro 2024 group stage, minute 68. Three players go after a sloping ball in the British area, but goalkeeper Angus Gunn accidentally hits opposing striker Barnabas Varga high.
The center forward falls to the ground in a sprawling manner and seems to remain conscious although dazed on the ground: the first teammates who approach immediately give the impression of being worried and thus energetically call the attention of the referee and their bench, asking for immediate action. intervention of the medical staff. At the moment very little is known about the minutes that followed before the match resumed.
what happened to varga: the injury
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As per practice, the cameras stop framing that portion of the pitch and the direction does not transmit what it receives: everyone seems worried and silence falls on the Stuttgart stadium, while a sheet is kept to protect Varga both from his teammates and by the stewards present.
The public applauds when the player is taken off the pitch on a stretcher – always partially covered -: the fact that the match resumes immediately may seem like good news, but the confirmation comes at the end of the match. In fact, the diagnosis is that of a fracture of a cheekbone.
the conditions: how is Varga
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When Kevin Csoboth scores the winning goal in the 100th minute which could earn Hungary the pass to the next round, he rejoices by showing his teammate’s shirt (star Dominik Szoboszlai will do the same) and at the end of the match Roland Sallai lets it appear that reassuring news has arrived for the team on Varga: “The most important thing is that he is better, we fought for him in the last 20 minutes.” A few minutes later, the Hungarian Football Federation then publishes a tweet on his condition: “Barnabás Varga’s condition is stable, the player is currently in a hospital in Stuttgart, having suffered a broken cheekbone.”
ROSSI EXPLAINS
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At the end of an evening spent at three thousand, the Italian coach of Hungary, Marco Rossi explained: “I don’t know if Varga collided with the goalkeeper or with an opponent. At the time it was a confusing situation, also for this reason there is It was the Var check. The players told me that Varga didn’t seem conscious and they were all worried about his condition and the fact that the doctors arrived a little slowly. Maybe they didn’t understand how serious the situation was. But Varga isn’t his life is in danger. A probable fracture of his cheekbone, but obviously, if we continue in the competition he will no longer be part of the team.”
