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·17 May 2025

Exclusive: AI VAR Reveals Whether it Was a Goal For Rangers or Not

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AI VAR offers Ibrox Noise digital analysis of the controversial ‘goal’:

From the two images provided—one from above and one from ground level—I can assess whether the entire ball has crossed the goal line, which is the rule for a valid goal.

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Let me examine both images carefully and give you my rendered verdict. One moment…

Looking at the first image (overhead angle):

Article image:Exclusive: AI VAR Reveals Whether it Was a Goal For Rangers or Not
  1. The ball appears to be almost fully over the line, but there’s still a very slight visible gap between the back edge of the ball and the goal line. Because the ball is spherical, even a small part hovering over the line means it’s not fully over.

In the second image (ground-level side):

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  1. The ball is on the ground and appears just inside the post and very close to the net. However, because the line itself isn’t visible at this angle, and the post and net can be deceptive, it’s hard to definitively prove whether the entire ball is past the vertical plane of the goal line.

Rendered conclusion:

There’s strong visual evidence that most of the ball is over the line, but based on both angles, it is not conclusively fully over. Unless goal-line technology confirms it, this would not be awarded as a goal under the rules.

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