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That has never happened in the Football Champions League – in Paris Saint-Germain’s game to win promotion to the Champions League against Basaksehir Istanbul, both teams lost their places on Tuesday night. The background: the players had heard racist comments from the fourth official.
At 14 minutes, Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan Basaksehir’s assistant coach, Pierre Webo, showed red. The fourth official on the bench, Sebastian Coltescu, is said to have signaled the assistant referee’s protests, using the word “negru”, the Romanian translation for “black.” “If you mention a white man, you don’t say The White One!” Basaksehir’s replacement Demba Ba convinced Coltescu.
The Turkish team then left the scene. The Paris players applauded and also went to the locker room. Unlike the guests, Paris warmed up in the players’ tunnel. It is also said that there was an offer to play without the fourth official. A UEFA decision was still pending 90 minutes after the interruption.
Leipzig’s 3-2 draw in the side game against Manchester United made the decision as to who had moved up the field: Leipzig led Paris Saint-Germain to the round of 16, while United continued in the Europa League.
