By Miguel Rapetti
Jun 23, 2024, 10:31 PM EDT
This Sunday, the Hungarian team sealed its classification to the round of 16 of Euro 2024 after achieving an agonizing 1-0 victory against Scotland thanks to a goal from Kevin Csoboth in the tenth minute of added time, to remain in third place in the Group A.
Csoboth ended up qualifying his team for the round of 8 of Euro 2024 with a definition that did count on the scoreboard after minutes before, in the 91st minute during a counterattack by the Hungarian team, he crashed the ball into the upright of the Scottish goalkeeper .
In unpublished images it seemed that the game ended with a corner in favor of Scotland but once the Hungarian defense was able to get the ball down, a counterattack began through Liverpool midfielder, Dominic Szoboszlai.
When moving the ball for about 30 meters, it gave way to the right so that Csoboth was enabled and defined a pass of death that shook the nets and made the fans present at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in the city of Stuttgart explode.
The goal was not only a relief for the Hungarians due to their classification, but it was also a emotional blow for the attacker Barnabás Varga who in the 68th minute set off the alarm when he fell unconscious after colliding with the goalkeeper Angus Gunn.
The scenes increased in intensity when Szoboszlai himself realized the seriousness of the situation and requested medical assistance for Varga, who remained passed out on the field.
The following minutes were agonizing for both the fans and Varga’s teammates, who covered the attacker with their body and cloth to protect his integrity and which recalled the situation that Denmark experienced at Euro 2021 when Christian Eriksen suffered cardiac arrest. in the middle of the field for which he had to be revived and which fortunately culminated in the recovery of the Manchester United midfielder.
After several moments of medical attention, Varga was removed from the field by the medical bodies and taken to a healthcare center in the city, where it was later learned through the Hungarian Football Federation that he was conscious and stable.
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