John McGinn held his tongue on Thursday evening after Scotland’s unlucky defeat to Spain in Euro qualifying, but the Aston Villa star made his anger at the officials clear after yet another VAR controversy.
Another VAR Let Down
There have been decisions from VAR this season that have left the world shocked at their level of incompetence and yet again on Thursday night there was a decision from the officials that left the world scratching their head.
The unfortunate recipients of the poor decision this week were Scotland’s national team, who just needed a draw against Spain in Seville on Thursday to qualify for the 2024 Euros.
Scott McTominay whipped a vicious free kick into the top corner with just under 20 minutes left to play in Spain, to give Scottish fans a moment of ecstasy that they believed could be enough to qualify them for their first major tournament since Euro 2020.
After a lengthy VAR check however the goal was ruled out, with referee Seredar Gozubuyuk judging Jack Hendry to interfere with Spain’s goalkeeper Unai Simon from an offside position.
🏴 Scott McTominay thought he scored an absolute worldie…
But it's been disallowed for a foul after a VAR check. 🙅♂️#Euro2024 pic.twitter.com/pdtYhUFwhY
— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) October 12, 2023
The call seemed extremely harsh all around and it quickly got worse for the Scots away from home, as Alvaro Morata put the hosts in front just minutes later.
Oihan Sancet sealed all three points for Spain in the dying minutes of the game, much to the frustration of Scotland captain John McGinn who was left fuming with the poor decisions after the game.
“The big moments went against us. It’s a tough one to take but we certainly competed for long spells. It is very difficult to win here but in the circumstances it was near enough impossible.
“I need to be very careful what I say. I think everyone from a Scotland point of view, whether you were on the pitch, in the stand or in the dugout, it just felt like we weren’t getting a decision.
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“Fifty-fifty balls, going in for fair challenges and not getting them. It made it extremely difficult against a word-class team to try and get anything from the game.’
On the disallowed goal, McGinn added: “He [Gozubuyuk] changed it (the decision) in the game, which is the frustrating thing.
“Is he (Simon) going to save it? Absolutely no chance, no keeper in the world is going to save that. He is saying at one point it is a foul and then he changes it when he realises it is not a foul to offside. It is a big, big moment.”
The decision that ultimately led to a loss for Scotland means that the group A leaders will now have to wait until at least November to attempt to qualify, after what was yet another controversial moment from the officials.
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