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Scottish roundup: Warnock compares VAR to Horizon Post Office software | Scottish Premiership

Neil Warnock likened the VAR “laptop” to the Horizon Publish Workplace software program after his Aberdeen aspect had been denied a winner for a marginal offside determination in a six-goal thriller with Motherwell. Warnock joked he was anticipating the sack when Motherwell went three up inside 26 minutes because of Theo Bair’s double and an Adam Devine strike. With Richard Jensen lacking by means of sickness, Warnock had began with one centre-back and two full-backs in his defence however his double change on the half-hour sparked an instantaneous response. With the centre-back Angus MacDonald and the attacker Duk on for the midfielders Shayden Morris and Dante Polvara, the latter substitute scored inside 30 seconds after Motherwell misplaced the ball from their very own throw-in. Motherwell continued to look susceptible from set-pieces and objectives from Stefan Gartenmann and Duk had Aberdeen degree by the fiftieth minute. Each side had potential winners disallowed – the Aberdeen striker Bojan Miovski for offside and Motherwell’s Harry Paton was denied after a VAR overview. Miovski appeared degree with the final Motherwell defender and Warnock was unconvinced by the referee Kevin Clancy’s religion within the VAR system. “VAR, I don’t consider…

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The night Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen rocked Real Madrid: 40 years on | Aberdeen

“Nothing in need of a miracle” is how Sir Alex Ferguson has described essentially the most astonishing victory of his managerial profession. It got here towards Actual Madrid however not throughout his 26-year spell at Manchester United. Thursday marks 40 years since Actual final encountered defeat in a significant European competitors last: towards Aberdeen within the Cup Winners’ Cup. Ferguson achieved that 2-1 extra-time win with a bunch of younger gamers who have been a precursor for his “Class of 92” at United that includes Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Nicky Butt and the Neville brothers. These have been Fergie’s first fledglings, and had damage and ill-fortune not damage their careers, they might have soared to even higher heights. What the Aberdeen gamers of 1983 skilled was an much more fearsome Ferguson than the one who finally ended his profession at Outdated Trafford. “He most likely mellowed to a hurricane by then,” says Eric Black, the striker who scored Aberdeen’s opening objective towards Actual on the age of 19. “He was a ferocious chief at the moment, as a result of he was making an attempt to construct a status. He was extremely demanding…

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