Remember Hugh Dallas? His son was VAR for Utrecht v FC Porto | OneFootball

Andrew Dallas was the video assistant referee in the Utrecht-FC Porto match. If his surname sounds familiar, it’s no coincidence: Andrew, a 42-year-old Scotsman, is the son of Hugh Dallas, a figure who left the Dragons outraged in 2000, when FC Porto was eliminated by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals.

After a 1-1 draw at Antas in the first leg, the team managed by Fernando Santos traveled to the Olympic Stadium in Munich and played a hard-fought match: Bayern scored in the 15th minute, Mário Jardel equalized in the 90th, and in the following minute, Linke made it 2-1, confirming the Bavarians’ qualification. The refereeing sparked great anger among Porto fans, and reports at the time pointed to Dallas’s influence on the result; even Fernando Santos was sanctioned for statements made at the end of the match.

From incidents inside Bayern’s penalty area to disciplinary and technical decisions outside it—namely the free kick that led to the 2-1—Hugh Dallas’s name became associated with one of the most controversial episodes in the blue and white club’s history.

As for Andrew Dallas, he now works full-time as a video assistant referee after an injury prevented him from continuing to officiate on the field.

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