Addressing the Cerny and Scales incident in more detail on the SFA’s VAR Review,, external Collum commented: “There’s a holding incident we need to assess here. The holding’s the key part of this decision, it’s really, really important.
“There’s been a lot said about the Rangers player has a foot on penalty line. The foot here is irrelevant here. It’s about the holding and the holding only because that’s where the contact is.
“The holding begins outside the penalty area and then it continues on the line and even arguably beyond the line and fully into the penalty area. But, regardless, the fact it’s on the line, this should be considered as a penalty kick.”
“The referee’s awarded the free-kick on field, he sees the pulling, he’s correctly judged the incident in terms of the foul play. But then the VAR team need to go into a check and they need to decide whether this incident is inside or outside and ultimately, they failed to come to the correct conclusion, which is this should’ve been a factual overturn.
“No need for the referee to go to the monitor – a factual overturn for a penalty kick to be awarded.”
