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The players of Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir refused to return to the field again, after Romanian fourth official Sebastian Koltisco was accused of racism towards the Turkish team coach after the match was stopped in the 14th minute of the first some time after the fourth official uttered racist words during the course of the match, prompting the players to leave the field to protest the incident.
The Turkish club announced through its Twitter account its withdrawal from the match and not completing it, to relate the position of the group decision, where Paris faces Basaksehir in the final round of the group stage at Princes Park in the French capital, and the French team equals Manchester United and Leipzig with 9 points and the trio compete to qualify for the round of 16.
At the same time, the Leipzig team closed the first half, ahead of Manchester United with two unanswered goals.
A lively discussion took place on the touchline about 15 minutes after the match when tensions spread to the touchline and Istanbul Basaksehir players left the stadium after about 22 minutes, while the referees, the club officials, the coaching staff and the players discussed what they believed had happened and were supported by the Paris Saint-Germain players who also left the stadium. Accompanied by the visiting team.
The reason for the crisis is that Pierre Weibo, Basaksehir’s assistant coach, received a red card at 14 minutes, and before his departure, he exchanged a few words with the fourth official, Sebastian Koltisco of Romania, who was accused by the coach of racist terms, especially because of its brown color.
Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba led his teammates to the touchline after several minutes of debate.
At the same time, European Union officials suggested resuming the match with the transfer of the fourth official to the mouse room and the use of one of the mouse referees instead.
