Uefa respond to Scotland penalty claim fallout and claim we could have conceded one

Uefa have responded to the fallout of Scotland's claims for a penalty for a foul on Stuart Armstrong against Hungary.

The feeling in this country has generally been that we were robbed when Armstrong appeared to be felled by Hungarian defender Willi Orban in the box. Referee Facundo Tello didn't award a spot kick and wasn't advised to have a second look by his VAR, and it was reported yesterday both were being sent home.

However, it has now emerged the Argentine will be fourth official for the last-16 clash between Switzerland and Italy. It was reported that the VAR was being punished for "not evaluating the play as indicated in the instructions." But Uefa managing director Roberto Rosetti has now seemed to claim it was the right call - and pointed out John McGinn could have conceded a penalty at the other end.

He said: "In this match there were two controversial situations. Two! One was a clear pulling in the penalty area but you don’t mention that? And then there was the Armstrong situation which was checked and decided in this way. There was one, for example, in minute 68 when there was a possible penalty because No. 7 of Scotland - John McGinn - was pulling the opponent’s shirt just before the incident (Stuart Armstrong). So this was one of the possible penalties.

“Then there was of course in minute 79 in the penalty area of Hungary another incident. This was, let’s say, in favour of Hungary when the attacker of Scotland - Armstrong - was in front of the Hungarian. If you watch it from behind the camera, there was a movement of the attacker towards the Hungarian. So another controversial decision. Of course the VAR checked it - they check everything. They checked the previous one and the second one and they decided it was just physical contact. This is what happened on the pitch.

“There was no intervention because in their opinion the attacker changed the direction towards the defender and in his opinion it was just a physical contact to challenge the defender. It was checked and in the end there was no intervention.”