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The events took place 20 minutes into the game, when the scoreboard reflected a tie at 0. The referee, the Romanian Ovidiu Alin Hategan, signals a foul in favor of PSG and the former Cameroonian international Achille Pierre Webo protested in a virulent way.
Alerted by the fourth official, the referee goes to the band and his assistant tells him that it was “the black man”, according to the former Cameroonian player, a current member of the Istanbul technical team.
Faced with that word, which in some languages can have a strong derogatory and racist charge, Webo and the entire bench begin to protest.
The fourth official, the also Romanian Sebastian Coltescu assures that he has not called him “black” in the derogatory sense, but “black guy”.
But the explanation does not convince the players of the Turkish team who, led by a member of their coaching staff, reproach the fourth official for using skin color to identify the player.
“Why when you refer to a white man, don’t you call him the white boy?” They reproached him.
The fourth official defended himself by ensuring that in his language the word “black” does not have racist connotations.
Faced with the commotion generated, and despite the intervention of the UEFA delegate, the players of both teams headed to the changing rooms.
According to various sources, the duel can start again in a few minutes, without the presence of the fourth official.
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