Euro 2024: What happened to Barnabas Varga after collision in Scotland vs Hungary Group A match?

Angus Gunn collided and Barnabas Varga, who stayed down, with physios racing on and players forming a wall around him in the six-yard area.

Hungary’s Barnabas Varga receives medical attention after sustaining an injury. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

Hungary’s Barnabas Varga was stretchered off in his side’s 1-0 win against Scotland in the Euro 2024 Group A match at the Stuttgart Arena on Sunday.

In the 69th minute of the match, Dominik Szoboszlai whipped in a freekick which Scotland’s keeper Angus Gunn came out to punch away.  

Barnabas Varga was caught in the face by Gunn’s arm in the penalty box which forced him to collapse and stay down, with physios racing on and players forming a wall around him in the six-yard area. The staff proceeded to put a cloth around the player while he was receiving medical attention.

Scotland’s goalkeeper Angus Gunn, up, and Hungary’s Barnabas Varga, centre, collide during a Group A match between Scotland and Hungary. | Photo Credit: AP

After a long delay, Varga was then stretchered off the pitch by the medical staff. VAR checks were conducted but no penalty was awarded to Hungary after the incident.

“The condition of Barnabas Varga is stable,” the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) wrote on X.

Varga Barnabás állapota stabil! A @Fradi_HU játékosa jelenleg már az egyik stuttgarti kórházban van! Állapotáról újabb hír esetén azonnal tájékoztatást adunk! #csakegyutt#magyarok#SCOHUN

— MLSZ (@MLSZhivatalos) June 23, 2024

“The Hungarian national team player is currently in one of the hospitals in Stuttgart. We will inform you immediately if there is any news on his status,” the statement added.

Hungary went on to win the match in stoppage time, thanks to a goal from substitute Kevin Csoboth.