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Following an accusation of racism against the fourth official, the Champions League match between French soccer champions Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul’s Basaksehir was canceled and officially canceled on Tuesday night. Both teams left on Tuesday night after about a quarter of an hour and minutes of discussions when the score was 0-0.
Only after hours of interruption, the European football association UEFA confirmed the abandonment of the game. The match must take place on Wednesday at 6.55 pm and the remaining minutes must be played with a new team of referees. “A thorough investigation of the incident” will begin immediately, it said from Uefa. With a win, Paris can overtake Leipzig, who beat Manchester United 3-2, and become group champions.
The guest’s assistant coach, Cameroonian Pierre Webo, saw the red card after 14 minutes and is said to have been racially insulted by the fourth official. Basaksehir accused him of using a racist black phrase to identify Webo; that sentence was in the empty Prinzenpark stadium. can be heard clearly during TV broadcast. As was also heard, the Romanian referee team tried to defend themselves by saying that the fourth official had used the Romanian word for black (negru) and not the N word.
Webo and also former Bundesliga pro Demba Ba could be heard laterhow they pointed out aloud that the referees would not have said “white” to name a white player either. Basaksehir tweeted the logo of the UEFA campaign “No to racism – Respect” during the interruption. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is sympathetic to Basaksehir, also intervened and “strongly” condemned the incidents.
There were heated debates on the sidelines, with PSG players Kylian Mbappé and Neymar close to the action for a long time. After the Turkish guest team entered the dressing room, a few seconds later the team of German coach Thomas Tuchel followed. The referee team was led by Ovidiu Hategan, the fourth official is Sebastian Coltescu.
