Thursday, November 21, 2024

UCL: PSG, Istanbul Basaksehir Match Abandoned after fourth official, Sebastian Coltescu  Accused Of Racist Comment


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  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. https://twitter.com/PSG_English/status/1336446887721918465?s=19 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?'” https://twitter.com/PurelyFootball/status/1336411077333176320?s=19   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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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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