Euro 2024: Hungary’s Barnabas Varga in stable condition after serious injury versus Scotland
- Forward is likely to undergo surgery after fracturing several bones in his face in a collision during his team’s final group game
Hungary forward Barnabas Varga is in hospital in stable condition after a serious-looking injury in his team’s final group match at the European Championship on Sunday.
Varga is likely to undergo surgery after fracturing several bones in his face. The 29-year-old also has concussion and will take no part in the rest of Euro 2024 should Hungary advance to the round of 16 as one of the four best third-place teams.
The Group A game against Scotland was halted for almost 10 minutes so Varga could get treatment after colliding with opposing goalkeeper Angus Gunn midway through the second half.
Varga’s teammates held up blankets to shield the player as he was tended to by medical staff, while everyone looked on in concern.
Both sets of fans applauded when Varga was stretchered off.
“Several bones in Barnabas Varga’s face were broken during the collision during the match, and he also suffered a concussion,” the Hungarian soccer federation wrote on X, formerly Twitter, after the match.