Rangers penalty call splits new SFA panel but review reveals why VAR were right NOT to award it
Nigerian forward Dessers felt a penalty should have been awarded to the Gers in the first half of their 3-0 cup victory over Dundee
Cyriel Dessers and Mohamed Sylla (Image: SNS Group)
The SFA’s new Key Match Incident Review Panel have been split by VAR’s decision not to award Rangers a second penalty in last weekend’s 3-0 win against Dundee.
The Gers progressed to the last four of the Premier Sports Cup thanks to a brace from Cyriel Dessers and a penalty from skipper James Tavernier. In the second half, striker Dessers won his side a spot kick after being fouled by Dundee’s Mohamed Sylla, but also felt a penalty should have been awarded in the first half after he was involved in an incident inside the box with the same player.
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The new VAR panel – which is made up of five people who work in Scottish football, both on the pitch, in the media and in the SFA – vote on VAR calls made in the previous weekend’s round of fixtures in a report published weekly. And in Friday’s latest report which looked at 17 incidents across the weekend, the KMI panel voted 3-2 in favour of the on-field decision being incorrect and that a penalty should have been awarded to the Gers.
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But despite the 3:2 majority, the panel agreed that VAR was correct not to intervene due to the decision not being a “clear and obvious error”, instead falling into category of “a more complex decision with a greater degree of subjectivity”. The report stated: “The panel discussed this decision at length with the majority (3:2) deeming the onfield decision incorrect, noting that the Dundee defender fouled the Rangers attacker.
“Two panellists believed that the contact was not sufficient to merit the award of a penalty. The majority (3:2) believed the VAR was correct not to intervene while two panellists believed a penalty should have been awarded after a VAR intervention.”
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