Hungary's Varga suffers serious-looking injury vs. Scotland

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June 23, 2024, 5:59 PM ET
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STUTTGART, Germany --  Hungary forward Barnabás Varga was in a stable condition in hospital, the country's football federation said, after he suffered a serious-looking injury at his team's final group match at the European Championship on Sunday.

The Group A game against Scotland was halted for nearly 10 minutes so Varga could get treatment after colliding with opposing goalkeeper Angus Gunn.

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.

Hungary scored the game's only goal in the 10th minute of stoppage time through Kevin Csoboth to clinch a 1-0 win and keep alive their hopes of making the round of 16 as one of the competition's four best third-placed teams.

"That gave us that extra bit, obviously we don't ever want to see that on a football pitch but thankfully he's conscious now," Hungary midfielder Callum Styles told reporters afterward. "Hopefully we do it all for him."

Germany topped the group, with Switzerland in second after their 1-1 draw in Group A's other final-round fixture.

Information from ESPN's James Olley and The Associated Press contributed to this report.