After James Tavernier scored in the 76th minute at Hampden today Don Robertson switched in to game management mode, backed up by Andrew Dallas on VAR.
Six minutes of stoppage time the Dons forced two corners, the second with 95 minutes showing on the clock.
Leighton Clarkson opted for a hard and low delivery that caught Jack Butland out, the ball crossed the Ibrox keeper at the front post and fell to Duk in a crowded six yard box.
Butland panicked and stuck out his left leg. As Duk fell to the ground players from both teams piled in, knowing the stakes and the effort that he had put in through the match there was only one decision for Robertson to give and it was a free kick against Aberdeen.
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— Lint (@Zeshankenzo) December 17, 2023
Viaplay chose not to highlight and slow the incident down despite the requests and prompting of Michael Stewart in the commentary box.
Scottish football got the result it wanted with Dallas on VAR duty between the same two clubs for the second time in three weeks.
Duk puts that in the net if he isn’t wiped out by the keeper, not even checked by var. We didn’t deserve to win today, but it feels like nearly every game now we’ve been on the wrong end of these decisions. Getting ridiculous now. https://t.co/WyMFwq5cYI
— Dons Report (@dons_report) December 17, 2023
Has Robson said anything – Probably not although he spoke out well about the cheating at Pittodrie…
Where is their chairman Dave Cormack in all this –
Probably having a malt whisky with Bisgrove and Bennet over a Masonic handshake..,
It’s not for Celtic to get involved in this one for sure but Sevco even have control over Viaplay as well now…
I often wish that I could just live in Ireland and enjoy paying into what would be ma local GAA County –
I was down in England last week and paid into two Championship matches to see ma favourite team down there…
I didn’t get the results that I wanted but you know what –
It wasn’t down to corruption or outright cheating by officials…
It was just down to the opposition being better on the day and on the evening in midweek –
That’s where ma former Celtic season ticket money goes towards now…
I’ve suffered missing Celtic and miss going every two weeks badly –
But at least I’m not being cheated like I was here in this rancid football country !
Well said that man
With internet connectivity these days we could have an impartial VAR team on the fukin moon.
No need for the bigoted, racist, biased Scottish Sevco fanboys to have control.
And, IMO, that’s just a taster for what’s coming next,
in a close-run, second half this SPL campaign.
Something unexpected is going to [has to?] blow up this whole, dodgy
mismanagement of VAR.
…and it’s certainly NOT going to come from the CFC Board or the SFA. 🙁