Why UEFA have apologised after Celtic hero Kieran Tierney helped Scotland reach the 2026 World Cup

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Everyone would have witnessed or been part of the joyful scenes in Scotland this past week.

Kieran Tierney’s stoppage-time goal helped Scotland book their ticket for the 2026 World Cup in America, Canada and Mexico next summer.

It has been a long time coming for the Scots, who have not played on football’s biggest stage since 1998, so you can understand the raw emotions and party-like scenes from the Tartan Army.

It was made even better that Tierney scored Scotland’s third goal to put them ahead, added to Scott McTominay’s outrageous overhead kick, Lawrence Shankland’s contribution from the bench, and Kenny McLean’s halfway line stunner.

This resulted in lots of clips doing the rounds on social media of Scotland fans celebrating the goals, as they were going in, but UEFA had a problem with it.

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At first, UEFA demanded Scotland fans remove celebration videos…

As posted by BBC Sport, the Scottish Football Supporters Association (SFSA) received emails from UEFA stating they had shared footage of Scotland’s dramatic win over Denmark ‘without permission.’

Clips of Scotland fans celebrating the goals, with the footage in the background, seemed to have annoyed the powers that be.

So they ordered them to be removed and their demands didn’t last long.

And then UEFA’s apology…

Even if UEFA had maintained their stance, they probably wouldn’t have come across Scottish fans before, because they would have just shared more and more videos.

Who doesn’t want to see Tierney’s wonder strike again, and again, and again?

Callum McGregor took a leaf from Tierney’s book, because he scored a screamer of his own as Celtic beat St Mirren right at the death on Saturday evening in the Premiership.

Either way, after UEFA’s demands, they quickly apologised, with the European governing body stating that videos were ‘wrongly picked up by content protection agencies.’