Hungary forward Barnabas Varga is expected to be released from hospital on Wednesday after undergoing surgery on facial fractures he sustained in a collision with Scotland’s goalkeeper at the European Championship.
The match on Sunday was halted for nearly 10 minutes so Varga could get treatment after colliding with Angus Gunn midway through the second half.
The 29-year-old Varga was carried off on a stretcher and taken to a Stuttgart hospital. He had surgery on Monday.
“According to the information of the institution’s doctors specializing in facial injuries, the intervention was uncomplicated,” the Hungarian soccer federation wrote on social-media platform X.
Hungary won 1-0 with a dramatic stoppage-time goal from substitute Kevin Csoboth to leave it with a chance of advancing at Euro 2024, though Varga will play no further part in the tournament because of the injury.