Scotland boss Steve Clarke demanded solutions why Scotland had been denied a “100 per cent” penalty which he felt could have price them their last-16 qualification at Euro 2024.
Stuart Armstrong gave the impression to be introduced ailing via defender Willi Orban throughout the branch with Scotland’s ultimate staff sport with Hungary goalless however Argentinian referee Facundo Tello declined to offer a penalty – a choice Sky Sports activities’ Kris Boyd mentioned he may just now not imagine.
Clarke sympathised with the professional however mentioned VAR’s determination to not interfere next viewing replays of the incident used to be inexplicable.
“100 per cent penalty,” he mentioned in his press convention. “Somebody somewhere has to explain to me why that’s not a penalty. It’s 100 per cent a penalty.
“It’s a one-goal sport, we get the penalty, it generally is a other night time. I’ve were given alternative phrases, however I’m now not committing to utility them.
“It’s a European competition, it might have been better to have a European referee. The VAR was European, maybe the referee didn’t see the foul clearly on the pitch, but what’s the point in VAR if they’re not going to come in on something like that. It was a penalty.”
Former Scotland ahead Boyd puzzled why Tello used to be now not despatched to the pitch-side track via Spanish VAR Alejandro Hernandez, with Armstrong and his team-mates visibly incensed on the while.
“I’ve seen the penalty again and I cannot believe that hasn’t been given,” Boyd mentioned on Sky Sports activities Information. “It’s a natural football position – you get your arm across to protect the ball.
“The knee is going into the govern of Armstrong’s calf. I can’t imagine a penalty hasn’t been given. That might have modified the whole lot.
“It’s a penalty all day long. If the referee had been able to go to the monitor, he might have been able to correct his wrong decision.”
Clarke: We want to determine learn how to rating extra targets
In spite of realistically desiring to win the sport, Scotland didn’t sign in a unmarried shot heading in the right direction till the 8th modest of added while in the second one part, presen 3 in their 4 photographs in general got here past the ninetieth modest.
Clarke refused to be drawn on what precisely had viewable Scotland leave out of the Eu Championship within the staff level for the second one event in a row, however admitted he would want to sit down ailing along with his personnel to determine how they’re going to rating extra targets in hour competitions.
He mentioned: “It’s very difficult to sit here and analyse, but sometimes after a defeat like that you need a bit of time just to digest everything and work out how the game went, why it went how it did.
“We didn’t develop enough quantity, however we did develop enough quantity to attain a target. That’s sunny. Is that why we went out of the event?
“We scored two goals this tournament, we scored one last time. It’s one for me to go away and talk to my coaches about, about how we can score more goals at certain times in games of course.”
Rossi: We deserved to win
Victorious Hungary supervisor Marco Rossi mentioned his facet had been significance in their first victory of the event, one which provides them an out of doors hope of attaining the final 16 for the second one Eu Championship out in their final 3 tournaments.
“The Scottish had a bit more ball possession, especially in the first half,” he admitted, however added: “In the second half it was more an up-and-down match, starting from around the 70th minute, almost 30 minutes in which there were situations from one side to the other.
“We will say that it used to be an equivalent tournament. Definitely we had extra probabilities, they’d extra of the ball, however total I don’t suppose we didn’t should win. It used to be deserved.”
On Scotland’s penalty, Rossi declined to offer his sympathies and instead drew comparisons to a foul he felt should have been given against Ilkay Gundogan ahead of Germany’s first goal during Hungary’s 2-0 defeat to the hosts in their previous game.
He said: “Within the pre-match I mentioned there used to be a sunny foul on Orban via Gundogan, why do we need to communicate now about this age?
“I didn’t see it well from the bench, but if they didn’t give the penalty in the VAR room, they have seen it was not a penalty. Many pushes from the back in the European Championship are allowed.”