When Daizen Maeda met Calum Osmond’s low cross on 86 minutes (yes, 86!), the Japanese phenomenon scored the title-winning goal. Paradise erupted in unbridled joy. Then the flag went up. It was offside. The crowd slumped in silence. I felt the deflation in Donegal. It was close, but the goal was offside. Fair enough. Except that it wasn’t. Moreover, without VAR, it would not have stood. SKY ref Dermot Gallagher called it spot on. Osmond was onside when he pulled the ball back for Celtic’s beloved Samurai...
