Scotland had most of the ball in the first half. No shots on goal. Nothing much to shout about. Orban, of Hungary, had the best chance of the half. He should have scored with a header. It had me thinking Scotland were England in disguise. Hungary started to dominate as the half progressed. Pedestrian performance. Grant Hanley and Jack Hendry had the most touches.
The only real surprise coming from the other tie. Switzerland beating Germany 1—0 at half time. It ended 1—1.
Scotland should have had a penalty when substitute Stuart Armstrong was pulled back in the box, late on. That would probably have been enough to win it? But it wasn’t given.
The main talking point until that point was Barnabas Vargas getting wiped out by the Scotland keeper, Angus Gunn, and being stretchered off. It wasn’t a foul, although there was a penalty check, not given.
Hungary hit the post. Gunn had to make saves from Dominik Szoboszlai and Kevin Csoboth as the game opened up with ten minutes added time remaining.
Substitute, Lewis Morgan had a half chance. Then Grant Hanley headed the ball back across goal. Callum McGregor tried to shoot but his shot was blocked. Hungary broke away, and Morgan tried to get back and block a cut back. Csoborth scored in the 100th minute with the last kick of the ball. Game over. Euros over for Scotland.
Both teams were rubbish. Neither deserves to go through. Luck was with the Hungarians. Varga was stable in the hospital. It turned out well for the Magyars. They sent us homeward to think again. Hugely disappointing for those 200 000 Scottish fans that made their way to Germany. Nobody expected us to do much than drink the bars dry. But for a Scottish team to go out and play so badly and go out without any kind of fight was disappointing. This wasn’t glorious defeat. This was finishing bottom of the group on merit.
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