Hungary Qualifies For Euro 2021, Into Group Of Death

Hungary earned qualification for the Euro 2020 finals with a thrilling 2-1 comeback win over Iceland with a late equalizer from Loic Nego and a dying minute winner from Dominik Szoboszlai.

AllNews understands that Hungary will join the Group of death at next year's tournament - Portugal, France, and Germany in Group F

Euro 2020 - which is now Euro 2021 will have the matches of Group F - the first and third of those games to be played at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.

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Iceland had gone 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.

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 continued to exploit the space behind the home defence on the counter.

Iceland substitute Albert Gudmundsson almost rounded off the game with a late sliding effort but just failed to connect with Jon Dadi Bodvarsson's cross and it was the peak of misses in the game

French-born Hungary substitute Nego joined the fray in the 84th minute and he was quickest to a ball that pinged between defenders in the area, slotting home to equalize two minutes from the end of normal time.

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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.