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       Tobias Stieler - Celtic v Braga
   DIR By: Failed Ref
       Date: October 3, 2025, 4:20 am
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       Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert
       I watched this on TV last night just to see how poor Celtic are
       this season and the answer is pretty poor.
       However, the big talking point is the disallowed Celtic goal for
       hand ball in the lead up to the goal. What VAR saw I do not know
       and there are many others who cannot understand why. The ball
       was surely touched by the Celtic player's head! Worth looking up
       just to see how VAR is still not perhaps perfect.
       #Post#: 96034--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Tobias Stieler - Celtic v Braga
   DIR By: arabref
       Date: October 3, 2025, 5:17 am
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       I think this has been complicated by the fact that the on field
       decision was handball, but no TV cameras appear to show this (as
       far as I can see). So it looks like VAR has disallowed the goal,
       when it perhaps was checking for evidence to allow the goal
       instead.
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       Re: Tobias Stieler - Celtic v Braga
   DIR By: Ref Watcher
       Date: October 3, 2025, 7:51 am
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       On the evidence I’ve seen, this decision is so poor that my
       first thought was whether there had been a breakdown in
       communication between the referee and VAR; a mistake of the
       nature of the Tottenham v Liverpool fiasco.
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       Re: Tobias Stieler - Celtic v Braga
   DIR By: Failed Ref
       Date: October 4, 2025, 10:39 am
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       Widely reported in Scotland that referee didn't see the handball
       but the AR and fourth official called it. Referee let it go, as
       he should, then on field decision no goal. VAR couldn't prove
       otherwise!!
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