Celtic are asking the SFA for clarification on the decision to disallow a ‘goal’ from Jota away to Motherwell last night.
With the hoops leading 1-0 from an early Kyogo Furuhashi goal it looked like they had doubled the lead when Jota netted in the 59th minute although the assistant referee flagged once the ball was in the net.
After a brief pause for VAR David Dickinson to review the incident through Hawkeye the game restarted with a free kick to Motherwell.
It was a marginal call but further confusion was created when the broadcaster released a VAR decision image taken 50 yards from the incident when closer cameras should have been available.
Just before 7pm tonight, David Friel of The Sun reported:
CELTIC are set to seek SFA clarification over Jota’s controversial offside goal against Motherwell.
SunSport understands Parkhead chiefs have been left bemused at the VAR angle used for that decision at Fir Park on Wednesday night.
Jota was ruled to be offside after racing on to Kyogo Furuhashi’s pass – but the offside image used to show the VAR lines came from the CELTIC half.
SunSport understands the VAR officials are 100 per cent certain Jota WAS offside – with the lines calbrated via the technology.
Motherwell chief executive Alan Burrows has confirmed on social media that cameras on BOTH 18-yard lines at Fir Park were operational.
But Celtic are now seeking answers as to why there was no image from the Motherwell half circulated via the broadcasting feed.
Should Celtic publish the reply from the SFA over the Jota VAR decision?
No, this has to be kept confidential
Yes, supporters deserve an explanation
Friel, a former Celtic View reporter, has a long track record of being close to the action at Celtic Park.
In February 2021 he broke exclusive news that Neil Lennon had resigned- 10 hours before the announcement to the Stock Market.
Following a controversial Scottish Cup semi-final against Inverness Caley Thistle in 2015 Celtic contacted the SFA for clarification on the decision not to award a penalty against Josh Meekings. Peter Lawwell never followed up the matter with no explanation ever surfacing.
It is getting to the time where we need to call in the lawyers and start taking these cheats to court. There is plenty of evidence available to show that malpractice has been and still is going on. They think that we will just accept this and they can get away with it, but they don’t have a leg to stand on.
The only way to tackle a problem is to meet it face on with all the resources available – and there are plenty.
Fergus would have been on top of this from day 1.
If true and that’s a big if, its about time to.
Offside called by Hawkeye the hun.
Great if we do this and challange every dodgy decision, fully expect an image from this “other camera” to show Jota ten yards offside wearing a space suit planting the stars n stripes
Lol we have the Poundland version thrown upon us of VAR while the rest of the leagues using it have the Rolls Royce version.
Don’t hold your breath
It looks like the so called adults at the SFA have been found out by leaving Bungle,Zippy,George and Geoffrey in charge of the VAR remote control.
var is good its the officals operating it are the problems and the bent refs just a bunch of cheating blue @unts.
Every question should be asked .
The fans need answers.
VAR Has problems and need to be sorted out clubs pay money for this.
So give them answers.
We Celtic supporters have been told for years that we’re paranoid, is it any wonder with incredible decisions like the Jota one that for me was onside by a mile.
I’ve watched it at least a dozen times and with each viewing I’m more convinced it was a goal. Then there’s the tackle on Starfelt that was given a yellow card which was as obvious a red card as I’ve seen in the league this season, the big man rode it well but what if he connected that could’ve been a career ender.
I’ve said it a million times the SFA and SPFL are no longer fit for purpose they both need gutted as does the referees association too, they’re closed shops that only give jobs to pro sevco supporters.
Get them all out and start again from scratch the game in Scotland is totally corrupt and it’s about time our club stood up to these cheating charlatans.