UCL: PSG, Istanbul Basaksehir Match Abandoned after fourth official, Sebastian Coltescu Accused Of Racist Comment
By Omolagba Oluwayemi
Paris Saint-Germain’s decisive Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir on Tuesday was suspended in the first half as the players walked off amid allegations of racism by one of the match officials BSNsports.com.ng reports.
The row erupted after Basaksehir assistant coach Pierre Webo, the former Cameroon international, was shown a red card during a fierce row on the touchline with staff from the Turkish club appearing to accuse the Romanian fourth official of using a racist term.
Television microphones picked up a furious Webo repeatedly asking why a racist term had been used to describe him.
The game at the Parc des Princes stopped in the 14th minute, with the players walking off around 10 minutes later.
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Basaksehir’s Senegal international striker Demba Ba, among the substitutes for the away side, could be heard remonstrating with the official, saying: “When you mention a white guy, you never say ‘this white guy’, you just say ‘this guy’, so why when you mention a black guy do you say ‘this black guy?'”
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Uefa later confirmed that the match will restart on Wednesday by 5:55pm UK time, with the match to start from the 14th minutes and with new match officials.
The result in Germany between RB Leipzig and Manchester United today means PSG are through to the next round no matter the outcome of the game. Their target now will be to win the match so as to end up as group winner.
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