Scotland out of Euro 2024 as Hungary score in final minutes

With just one point from their first two matches, the Scottish team needed a win to qualify out of the group stages for the first time, ITV News' Sangita Lal reports

Scotland are out of Euro 2024 after losing 1-0 to Hungary in their final Group A game.

Fans were tense in Stuttgart as no goals were scored in the pivotal clash until the last couple of minutes of the game.

The game was Scotland's final Euro 2024 Group A match, and with just one point from their first two matches, Steve Clarke's team desperately needed a win to qualify out of the group stages for the first time.

There was some distress when Hungary’s Barnabas Varga was treated with screens around him before he was taken away on a stretcher but in the 10 added minutes for the incident, substitute Csoboth netted the winner for a 1-0 victory which meant Steve Clarke’s side finished Group A in fourth place with one point.

Football officials said Varga was "stable" and in hospital shortly after the match.

Scotland have still never qualified for the knockout stages of a major competition and in a second successive Euros, Clarke’s men have finished bottom of the table having garnered only one point.

In what was the first competitive game between the two countries – and effectively a win-or-bust situation for both.

Scotland's Clarke had said before the match that "lessons have been learned" from their first two games.

After a dismal 5-1 defeat against Germany in their opening game and a 1-1 draw against Switzerland, a win over Hungary would have given them a good chance to progress to the knockout stages. No-one has previously failed to reach the round of 16 with four points.

Steve Clarke said before the match he hoped lessons have been learned after his side were in a similar situation in the delayed Euro 2020 after losing to Czech Republic and drawing to England but lost 3-1 in their final game to Croatia.

“Hopefully when we get to the last game the proof of the pudding is in the eating if you like, so that’s what we’re after," Clarke said before the match.

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