ODE dear! England fans reckon their Scottish counterparts suffered "poetic" justice with a controversial Euro 2024 exit. Steve Clarke blasted the use of an Argentinian referee after the Tartan Army were denied a "100 per cent" penalty in Hungary's 1-0 win. But some Three Lions' supporters claimed the Scottish misfortune was "karma".
That's because just days earlier Tartan Army followers in Munich had chanted their joy at England 's notorious 1986 World Cup quarter-final defeat against Argentina . The Scots spiced up the Hokey-Cokey with the line: “Oh, Diego Maradona . He put the English out, out, out!” Maradona's wrongly-allowed "Hand of God" goal set Argentina up for a 2-1 victory on the way to winning the tournament in Mexico almost 38 years ago to the day.
And a fellow countryman of the Napoli legend also had a contentious role as Scotland again failed to progress from the group stages. Ref Facundo Tello ignored appeals for a spot-kick at 0-0 in the second half. Manchester United 's Scott McTominay slipped Stuart Armstrong through, with the Southampton midfielder surging in front of Willi Orban but going down under the defender's challenge.
VAR assessed the incident but declined to recommend an on-field review. EURO 2024 FREE BETS AND OFFERS And in the end Kevin Csoboth fired a breakaway winner for Hungary 10 minutes into stoppage time. The match had needed a lengthy hold-up as Hungarian forward Barnabas Varga was knocked unconscious in a sickening collision with Scotl.
