Scotland v Hungary Euro 2024 live updates

Another tournament, another group exit for Scotland, as Kevin Csoboth crushed any faint hope of progress with a winner in the tenth minute of injury time No word from Steve Clarke, so that’s time to wrap up this MBM. Commiserations to Scotland, good luck to Hungary who can still squeak through if results in other groups go their way, and best wishes to Barnabás Varga as he recovers in a Stuttgart hospital.Best porn XXX. Ewan Murray’s verdict is in, and here it is. Thanks for reading this blog. Nighty night! Some more on Vargas. A statement from the Hungarian Football Federation read: “Barnabas Varga’s condition is stable. The Ferencvaros player is currently in one of the hospitals in Stuttgart. We will inform you immediately if there is any news about his status.” An extremely emotional Angus Gunn, his voice cracking, speaks to the BBC. “It’s hard to speak to be honest … I thought everyone gave their best … the goal at the end was because everyone was going for it … the effort we gave today showed the fans and the country what it means to us … when we do look back, we created chances … we had opportunities … it didn’t fall for us … deflections didn’t go our way and we couldn’t score … at the end of the day we are out and nothing really matters any more … hopefully Varga is all right … I can’t really remember too much about that one.” A reminder that, as mentioned in the pre-match patter, Bruichladdich X4 is a four-time distilled drop of malt which “stands tall” at 92% ABV. However other malt-infused, edge-removing, pain-dulling, reality-obscuring treats are available at all good recreational-relaxant outlets, and we like the sound of Ardbeg’s limited edition Heavy Vapours, which checks in at a much less bellicose 46% ABV. Heavy Vapours! “An ominous dram,” according to the official website. Mine’s a generous one, keep pouring. Some good news here. The Guardian’s team in Germany understands Barnabás Varga is conscious in hospital. Much relief there. Here’s to that speedy and full recovery. The BBC panel are unanimous that Scotland should have been awarded a penalty for Willi Orbán’s challenge on Stuart Armstrong. Alan Shearer: “Clear penalty for me … Orban takes him out … his right knee onto his left calf … a clear, clear penalty.” David Moyes: “I think that’s a penalty kick … a huge decision for it not to go to VAR … it should be at least for the referee to be told to go and look at the screen.” Rachel Corsie: “It’s a clear penalty … he must have not seen it clearly.” An ashen-faced Andrew Robertson talks to the BBC. “There’s nothing really to say to be honest … we gave it everything … both teams had to win … we had a chance … but that’s football, that’s how it goes … it’ll take a long time to get over this one … we had a lot of possession in the first half without doing anything with it … but we were in control … we had to find that cutting edge … go for it a wee bit more … we did go for it … but we got sucker-punched … a draw wasn’t going to be enough realistically … both teams had to go for it and one of us had to lose … tonight and for a long time we have to get over this … it’s a tough one … it’s devastating … there’s no buttering it up … it’s up to us to pick them up but that will only happen slowly but surely … what I will say is thank you to the country … we felt everyone behind us … we knew the excitement back home … sorry for letting youse down.” … but life is more important than football. So love and best wishes to Barnabás Varga, who has reportedly been taken to hospital after the sickening clash midway through the second half. Here’s hoping for a speedy and full recovery. Another hard one for Scotland to take. A nanosecond to dream as Callum McGregor tried to chest down and shoot in the 100th minute of play. He couldn’t get it away, and Hungary tore up the other end to keep their Euro 2024 dream alive for now. But Scotland’s dream goes up in smoke again. Should they have been awarded a penalty when Stuart Armstrong fell in the box under pressure from Willi Orbán? Perhaps. But they didn’t create enough, chance their arm enough, in any of the three games, until it was far too late. Back homeward, to think again. Again. Another group-stage exit for Scotland. There’s never been a more dramatic one. The corner leads to a massive tangle of bodies in the Hungarian box … McGregor tries to chest down and score from six yards. But Hungary block and break upfield. Sallai down the right. He’s in acres. He pulls back from the byline for Csoboth, who from the edge of the box calmly slots into the bottom left. 90 min +9: A deep cross from the Scotland right. Hanley wins a header at the far stick. Enough for a corner. And from that … I’m sorry to say … 90 min +8: Morgan, Shankland and Armstrong combine down the inside-left channel but can’t fashion a shooting chance. But the ball’s recycled and drops to Hanley on the penalty spot. He opens his body and sidefoots towards the top right, but can’t get enough on the effort and Gulacsi is able to parry, then gather Christie’s weak shot-cum-cross from the right. 90 min +7: Hendry rolls a gorgeous pass down the right for Morgan, who curls low into the centre. McTominay, six yards out, extends a leg but, leaning back, hoicks over the bar. What a chance! Though it wouldn’t have counted, because the flag correctly pops up for offside. Hungary counter and Ádám Nagy drags a shot wide left. 90 min +5: The game goes scrappy. Neither team can afford for the game to get scrappy. “Obviously, your heart bleeds for the terrible collision that forced Varga to go off,” begins Colum Fordham. “There was rightly a penalty check but the clash of heads, arms and legs was fortuitous. And no penalty was given. But there was a blatant penalty for Scotland shortly afterwards. How could the referee not give it? Armstrong was pushed from behind? Maybe the ref was conditioned, understandably, by emotions running high. But still.” 90 min +4: It’s Scotland, so it’s as dramatic as you’d expect. Szoboszlai nearly dances his way through the middle of the park, but is crowded out on the edge of the box. Then Scotland go up the other end, McTominay winning a free kick 30 yards out. It’s played short, then McGregor has a dig from 25 yards. Blocked. This is breathless! 90 min +2: Two more huge chances for Hungary! First Zsolt Nagy meets a deep right-wing cross with a diagonal header that only just sails past the right-hand post. Then Csoboth, powering clear down the right, creams a shot across Gunn and off the left-hand upright and away! 90 min +1: The board goes up. There will be ten additional minutes. A huge roar rings around the stadium, with both teams desperate to find a winner. And it’s Hungary who almost immediately nearly find one, the ball breaking to Szoboszlai, six yards out. His shot, from the right-hand edge of the six-yard box, is brilliantly parried by Gunn. 90 min: Schäfer sashays down the inside-right channel and shoots low and hard towards the near post. Gunn tips it around. The resulting corner is half-cleared, before being hoicked wildly miles to the right by Schäfer. 88 min: Hanley is good to continue, but that’s Robertson’s race run. He’s replaced by Lewis Morgan. 87 min: While Hanley gets patched up, a replay of the penalty shout is shown again. Armstrong certainly went looking for the contact – he might have done better in simply powering forward and trying to get a whack away – so you can certainly build an argument for it not being given. But it still looked a penalty to me. Other opinions will be available on the internet. 86 min: Hungary make a double change of their own. Zsolt Nagy and Kevin Csoboth replace Milos Kerkez and Bendegúz Bolla. 85 min: Bolla crosses from the right. Hanley heads clear under pressure. He takes a whack upside the head and play stops for a minute. 83 min: Scotland make their final big pitch for the knockouts. Billy Gilmour and Anthony Ralston make way for Ryan Christie and Kenny McLean. 82 min: László Kleinheisler, on the Hungary bench, is booked for touchline shenanigans. Meanwhile Gilmour nearly releases Shankland down the inside right but Gulacsi comes out to smother. 80 min: Even more absurd is VAR’s refusal to get involved. Presumably they think Armstrong went down too easily, having been looking to initiate the contact. But even so. That’s a very contentious decision … with the only possibility being that Armstrong was offside in the first instance. Hmm. 78 min: Armstrong bustles his way into space down the inside-right channel, chasing after a long pass, and enters the box. He gets his body between ball and Orban, who knocks him from behind. Armstrong goes over, and surely it’s a penalty … but the referee says no. That is absurd! 77 min: The tension crackles around the Stuttgart Arena as Szoboszlai dances into the Scottish box down the right but can’t meet anyone with his cross. Then Gilmour wins a corner down the right but McTominay’s delivery is poor. 76 min: Scotland replace John McGinn and Che Adams with Lawrence Shankland and Stuart Armstrong. 75 min: It’s almost an irrelevant afterthought, but VAR decides it’s not a penalty. Attila Szalai and Martin Ádám replace Márton Dárdai and the stricken Varga. 74 min: A huge round of applause rings around the entire stadium, as Vargas departs on a stretcher. It still doesn’t look good … but hopefully the fact the medics have been able to move him so quickly augurs well. He’ll get the best treatment possible. God speed, Barnabás Varga. 72 min: Real concern for Varga. One replay has been shown, and it looks like Gunn took out his own player Ralston, while Varga landed awkwardly on his back, maybe his neck. He was wrestling with Hanley but nothing looked untoward. Fingers crossed this looks much worse than it is.