Basaksehiru footballers due to the alleged racist behavior of the fourth referee Sebastian Coltesco in the Champions League match at the Paris St. Germain left the field.
The match of the final sixth round of Group H was interrupted at 0-0 after less than a quarter of an hour of play, and because the players of the Turkish team refused to return, it will be played on Wednesday with other referees.
Basaksehiru’s assistant coach Pierre Webó received a red card after 13 minutes for Romanian Referee Ovidio Hategan. According to guests’ bench, Coltesco called the former Cameroonian representative “negro” before expulsion.
After that, the game was stopped and the substitutes of the Istanbul team, Demba Ba, who is also dark-skinned, vehemently discussed with the referees. The guests then went to the locker room en masse to protest, and the PSG players followed.
President Basaksehiru said the Turkish team would not return to the court if the referee, accused of racism, continued the match. Although UEFA announced that it was resolving the incident and, after an agreement with both clubs, the match would be completed today with another fourth referee, but it was finally postponed to Wednesday with a kick-off at 18:55.
Paris St. Regardless of the outcome of the match against Basaksehir, Germain secured a place in the round of 16, as Leipzig defeated Manchester United 3: 2 at home. Like the “Red Devils”, the French champions have nine points in the table, but better mutual duels. If PSG wins on Wednesday, it qualifies among the best sixteen LM from the first place in the group.
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