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Hungary striker Barnabas Varga was stretchered off during his side’s crunch clash with Scotland after a horrific collision in a scary moment at Euro 2024.
With the score at 0-0 in the 68th minute of the Group A clash, that both sides needed to win to keep their realistic hopes of reaching the knockout stages alive, Varga, Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn and defender Anthony Ralston all collided while competing for a ball in the air.
Varga clattered hard into the ground and his arms appeared to start twitching as his teammates immediately called for medical attention. Hungary captain Dominik Szoboszlai helped him into the recovery position as physios raced on to the pitch to help.
Medics then put up a blanket screen around the 29-year-old while they treated him and the stretcher was called for. Hungary players and manager Marco Rossi then appeared to be furious screaming at the stretcher carriers for not getting on to the field of play more quickly.
Varga – who plays his club football in Hungary for Ferencvaros – was stretchered off after a few minutes of treatment, with the supporters of both sides clapping him off, leaving everyone to wait for an update on his condition.
Gunn and Ralston were also treated after the collision although both were able to continue the game for Scotland, while there was also a VAR check for a penalty around the incident but no foul was awarded.
The situation brought back memories of the Christian Eriksen incident at the previous Euros, when the Denmark midfielder collapsed on the pitch after suffering a cardiac arrest and had to be ‘brought back to life’ by medics.
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