News Sport news Hun­gary through to Euro 2020 finals after crazy 2 – 1 come­back over Iceland

Hun­gary through to Euro 2020 finals after crazy 2 – 1 come­back over Iceland

Hun­gary qual­i­fied for the Euro 2020 finals with a thrilling 2 – 1 come­back win over Ice­land thanks to a last-gasp equalis­er from Loic Nego and a stop­page-time win­ner by Dominik Szo­bos­zlai.

Hun­gary will join Por­tu­galFrance and Ger­many in Group F at next year’s tour­na­ment, with the first and third of those games to be played in the Puskas Are­na in Budapest.

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Ice­land went ahead when goal­keep­er Peter Gulac­si fum­bled a Gyl­fi Sig­urds­son free kick into his own net in the 11th minute, prompt­ing a match-long onslaught form the home side.

It paid off when sub­sti­tute Nego was quick­est to a ball that pinged between defend­ers in the area, slot­ting home to equalise two min­utes from the end of nor­mal time and Szo­bos­zlai struck in the sec­ond minute of added time to seal a stun­ning win.

Play­mak­er Szo­bos­zlai was key to Hun­gary’s effort, whip­ping cross­es and set pieces into the box, and he almost put his side lev­el just before the break with a long-dis­tance free kick that required a full-stretch dive from Hannes Hal­dors­son to save.

The Hun­gar­i­an siege on Ice­land’s goal con­tin­ued in the sec­ond half, but they strug­gled to cre­ate many decent chances and looked vul­ner­a­ble on the break as the vis­i­tors sought to exploit the space behind the home defence on the counter.

Ice­land sub­sti­tute Albert Gud­munds­son almost killed the game off with a late slid­ing effort but just failed to con­nect with Jon Dadi Bod­varsson’s cross and it was the costli­est of misses.

Extra time loomed but Szo­bos­zlai had oth­er ideas and capped a superb per­for­mance by fir­ing home in the sec­ond minute of added time to seal a stun­ning win and send his side through to the finals, prompt­ing wild cel­e­bra­tions by his team at the end.

Euro 2020, which is being staged across the con­ti­nent, has been post­poned until June-July next year due to COVID-19.

Source: espn​.com