Clarke rages
Steve Clarke delivered a furious rant about referee Facundo Tello after Scotland were denied a penalty in their 1-0 defeat to Hungary.
The Tartan Army went crashing out of Euro 2024 and Clarke questioned UEFA’s decision to appoint a ref from Argentina.
“The moment in the game for me is the penalty incident,” he said.
“It’s one hundred percent a penalty and someone has to explain to me why it’s not a penalty.
“Because otherwise I’m thinking there’s something wrong.
“Did I have a conversation with the officials? What’s the point, he’s from Argentina.
“What’s the point? Why is it not a European referee? Trying to be clever, I dunno, I don’t understand.
“I don’t understand why he’s here and not in his own country refereeing a game.
“I don’t understand how VAR can look at that and say it’s not a penalty.
“That’s just my opinion.
“It’s 100 percent a penalty.
“Somebody somewhere has to explain to me why that’s not a penalty.
“It’s 100 percent and in a one-goal game, had we got that penalty, it could have been a different night.
“I’ve got other words but I’m not going to use them.
“In a European competition it might have been better to have a European referee.
“But we had European VAR. Maybe the referee didn’t see the challenge clearly on the pitch but what’s the purpose of VAR if they’re not going to come in on something like that.
“It’s a penalty.”