Ange Postecoglou in VAR 'critical juncture' warning as Celtic boss has his say over Fir Park offside
dailyrecord.co.ukAnge Postecoglou has warned VAR had better be water-tight when the season reaches a critical juncture. The Celtic boss insists there’s no excuse for teething problems with the technology and said Scottish football should have been prepared for its launch.
Postecoglou was speaking after Celtic contacted the SFA for clarification over why the VAR angle used to show Jota’s goal against Motherwell was offside came from the opposite end of Fir Park.
The SFA released a statement on Friday morning confirming that the closest 18-yard line camera did not capture an appropriate view of the second half incident. Record Sport understands the QTV camera operator who failed to record the key moment has been spoken to by bosses over the incident but that reports that the lens had been trained on the dug out instead of the 18 yard line are apparently wide of the mark.
Despite the image seen by the public, SFA bosses insist the right call WAS made on the offside incident as the Hawk-Eye technology is designed to give accurate offside decisions from either of the two 18-yard line camera positions.
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