UEFA insists there was “no delay” within the medical therapy of Barnabas Varga after the Hungary ahead sustained a head damage in the course of the Euro 2024 match on Sunday.
Varga, 29, suffered a fractured cheekbone within the second-half of the Group A recreation in Stuttgart after being concerned in a collision with Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn.
He was then taken to hospital the place he was later confirmed to be “wholesome”, in a steady situation and was set to endure surgical procedure.
Following the incident within the 68th minute of the sport, referee Facundo Raul Tello Figueroa instantly stopped play and medical employees entered the pitch to take care of each gamers.
A stretcher was introduced on with numerous visibly distressed Hungary gamers working to it to hurry up the tempo that it was delivered earlier than he was applauded off from all sections of the Stuttgart Enviornment.
UEFA insists all acceptable protocols have been adopted.
An announcement from a spokesperson for European soccer’s governing physique learn: “The intervention of the staff physician occurred inside 15 seconds of the incident, adopted instantly by the second stadium physician, to conduct a primary evaluation of the damage and supply acceptable therapy, as per customary medical procedures.
“The certified pitch-side emergency staff have been ready pitch-side, based on their protocol, and arrived with the stretcher as quickly as their intervention was requested by the medics to evacuate the participant for his rapid switch to hospital.
“The coordination between all of the medical employees on web site was skilled and every thing was achieved in accordance with the relevant medical procedures. There was no delay within the therapy of and help to the participant.”
Ferencvaros striker Varga began every of Hungary’s three group video games and scored within the defeat to Switzerland.
They’ll nonetheless qualify for the subsequent section as among the finest third-placed groups however coach Marco Rossi confirmed — as anticipated — that ought to they achieve this, Varga received’t have the ability to play a component.
“Everybody was anxious as a result of the medical doctors arrived a bit late,” he stated. “I don’t assume they realised it was a harmful state of affairs. However Barni isn’t in any hazard now.
“He fractured right here (pointing at his cheekbone) and goes to have an operation within the subsequent few hours. However he’s wholesome. An important factor is he’s wholesome.
“In fact, and for certain if we undergo the competitors he is not going to be any extra part of the staff.”
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Varga fractures cheekbone, steady in hospital after being taken off in Hungary vs Scotland
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