Own goal two minutes from time saves Hungary's blushes against Iceland

A late own goal from Birkir Saevarsson saw Hungary snatch a 1-1 draw and avoid an unexpected defeat against Iceland at Euro 2016.

Own goal two minutes from time saves Hungary's blushes against Iceland
Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 20:24

Iceland 1 Hungary 1

A late own goal from Birkir Saevarsson saw Hungary snatch a 1-1 draw and avoid an unexpected defeat against Iceland at Euro 2016.

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CourtsSoccerEuro 2016Place: Stade VélodromePerson: Birkir SaevarssonPerson: Gylfi SigurdssonPerson: SaevarssonPerson: Nemanja NikolicPerson: Balazs DzsudzsakPerson: Aron GunnarssonPerson: Jon Dadi BodvarssonPerson: SigurdssonPerson: Tamas KadarPerson: Gabor KiralyPerson: KiralyPerson: Richard GuzmicsPerson: GuzmicsPerson: Kolbeinn SigthorssonPerson: GunnarssonPerson: BodvarssonPerson: DzsudzsakPerson: Hannes HalldorssonPerson: Laszlo KleinheislerPerson: NikolicPerson: SigurssonPerson: Eidur GudjohnsenEvent: Euro 2016Organisation: HungaryOrganisation: Iceland
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