Ref Chief Backs Yellow Card For Trusty Against Rangers

A determination not to show a reddish paper to Celtic's Auston Trusty successful their Premier Sports Cup semi-final triumph complete Rangers has been backed by Scottish FA caput of referees Willie Collum.

Rangers had written to nan SFA to petition an mentation arsenic they believed referee Nick Walsh should person shown much than a yellowish paper to nan centre-half for his situation connected goalkeeper Jack Butland astatine Hampden past month.

The SFA's independent cardinal lucifer incident (KMI) sheet past week agreed by a mostly of 2 to 1 that Trusty should person been sent off.

But Collum told nan Scottish Football VAR Review: "We tin support nan yellowish paper here, but it is besides important to opportunity location is simply a subjective constituent to this determination and we afloat respect people's sentiment if they deliberation that's a reddish card."

He admitted that "15 years ago, this is simply a red" paper but pointed retired that nan incident was viewed arsenic "violent conduct" alternatively than "serious foul play" nether existent rules.

"The goalkeeper is successful possession of nan shot erstwhile nan interaction is made, truthful we don't respect this arsenic a situation for nan ball," Collum explained.

Walsh and nan video adjunct referee (VAR) squad past had to determine "whether excessive force" was used.

"The referee comes to nan conclusion there's not capable force, it is not brutality for him and nan interaction is negligible," Collum said.

He said this was clear from nan signaling of nan onfield connection betwixt Walsh and nan VAR team.

"You instantly perceive him opportunity reckless yellowish and past he's successful a agelong speech pinch nan skipper of Rangers, but astatine that constituent he is besides communicating pinch nan VAR and he talks astir nan level of force," Collum added.

"He besides talks astir nan studs and, for him, there's nary usage of nan studs here. The VAR look astatine nan images and they don't spot thing either that tells them thing different than that."