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northFollowing an accusation of racism against the fourth official, the Champions League match between French soccer champions Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir was canceled. As announced by the European Football Union (Uefa) on Tuesday evening after talks with both clubs, the game will restart on Wednesday at 6.55pm.
The remaining minutes will be played with a new team of referees. “A full investigation of the incident will begin immediately,” he said. Basaksehir had previously announced on Twitter: “Our players have decided not to return to the field.”
On Tuesday night, the game stopped after about a quarter of an hour. Both teams left after minutes of discussion when the score was 0-0. In the 14th minute, the referees had sent Basaksehir assistant coach Pierre Webo to the stands with a red card for unsportsmanlike conduct. During this process, the word “black” was said to have been used, of which the Istanbul officials loudly accused the Romanian referee, as could be clearly heard through the external microphones.
The referee team was led by Ovidiu Hategan, the fourth official is Sebastian Coltescu. As heard, the Romanian referee team is said to have tried to defend themselves by saying that the fourth official used the Romanian word for black (negru).
Webo and former Bundesliga pro Demba Ba loudly pointed out that the referees would not have said “white” to identify a white player. Basaksehir tweeted the logo of the Uefa campaign “No to racism – Respect”.
There were heated debates on the sidelines, with PSG stars Kylian Mbappé and Neymar close to the action for a long time. Television images showed how Mbappé also spoke.
Brazilian Neymar last accused his opponent of racism in the league game against Olympique de Marseille in mid-September. After the Turkish guest team entered the dressing room, a few seconds later the team of German coach Thomas Tuchel followed.
