Unseen moment Scotland SURVIVED penalty to Hungary as 'axe' falls on blundering ref for Euro 2024 gaffes

UEFA wielding the Euro 2024 axe on blundering Argentina referee Facundo Tello is seen as an admission that the South American was wrong not to award Scotland a penalty against Hungary - with the VAR team following the whistler in an early exit from Germany for their failure in the controversial incident.

But while it vindicates Steve Clarke for his fuming post match rant, it appears Scotland might also have benefited from Tello’s inability to do his job properly with European football’s governing body also believing the Magyars could have had a spot kick.

The big talking point from Hungary’s 1-0 win over Scotland in Stuttgart was Wili Orban’s foul on Stuart Armstrong which incensed the Scotland camp. However, it’s being reported that UEFA bosses also believe a first half elbow by Grant Hanley on Ferencvaros full back Endre Botka could have been a penalty.

That would have evened out the mistakes made by Tello but, regardless, his performance looks to be enough to see him sent home. The Scottish Sun say six have the 19 refereeing teams have packed their bags and won’t take part in the knockout stage, including Tello and his assistants Gabriel Chade and Ezequiel Brailovsky are among them.

And Spanish reports say VAR Alejandro Hernandez has been binned for “not evaluating the play as indicated in the instructions” over the Armstrong incident. Tello’s involvement in the tournament is part of an agreement that sees UEFA and Conmebol trade whistlers for both the Euros and the Copa America.

Clarke referenced Tello’s nationality in his post match rant. When asked if he had spoken to the man in the middle about the incident, he said: “He’s from Argentina - why would I ask him? He probably doesn’t speak the language. I don’t know. Why is he here? Why is there not a European referee?”