Celtic’s Scottish Cup triumph against Rangers was overshadowed by the crowd trouble at Ibrox that has dominated the headlines over the past few days.
Despite that, three major VAR decisions occurred during Celtic’s win over Rangers which, under normal circumstances, would have been heavily debated throughout the week.
Daizen Maeda’s Celtic strike was ruled out for offside, Emanuel Fernandez saw his extra-time effort disallowed for handball, and there was also Auston Trusty’s handball incident that officials correctly chose to ignore.
However, BBC Sportscene quickly brushed aside Maeda’s controversial offside call to focus on Trusty’s handball in a strange analysis segment that arguably overlooked the game’s biggest talking point.
Why BBC Sportscene brushed past Daizen Maeda’s offside Celtic goal vs Rangers
Maeda believed he had netted once again against Rangers before VAR detected a slight offside involving Celtic defender Liam Scales.
It clearly wasn’t that slight as host Dougie Donnelly said on BBC Sportscene, “There were two disallowed goals which we’re actually not going to show because there’s no real argument about them.
“The Maeda offside and the Fernandez handball, both disallowed by VAR, no real argument about either.
However possible handball from Austin Trusty here?”
The Trusty handball was likely the least disputed of the three incidents and was almost immediately dismissed by VAR.
It was a puzzling decision from the broadcaster as they passed up a perfect chance to provide proper insight into the ruling.
Ex-SFA referee Steve Conroy’s damning insight to Maeda VAR goal
Steve Conroy held nothing back as he criticised VAR for the decision to disallow Maeda’s goal at Ibrox.
Conroy said, “An assumption is a guess. Let’s not beat about the bush. I’ve long since given up trying to fathom what the SFA do. One week, it’s two lines. One week, it’s not.
“We’re guessing, we can’t get the lines drawn anyway, so we’re just going to have a wee go at it. It is becoming farcical, and it’s making us look like country yokels.
“It’s an absolute joke, not taken away from the fact that I think Scales was offside. But just give us it the way it should be. We don’t want diet VAR. Just give us the full fat version.
“It’s an absolute nonsense.”
That viewpoint arguably reflects how the vast majority of Celtic supporters feel about the use of refereeing technology.