Racism scandal in UEFA: interrupted matches will be played today, replaced by referees



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A new team of referees has been appointed to judge the match, replacing the Romanians. This time the match in the French capital will be directed by a Dutch referee Danny Makkelie, the fourth official will be a Polish referee. The match should start at 7:55 p.m. Lithuanian time.

We remind you that he was the fourth official working alongside the plaza and found himself at the epicenter of events during Tuesday night’s match between Saint Germain in Paris and Bashaksehir in Istanbul.

The resounding scandal broke out at 14 minutes, due to a racist phrase uttered by Sebastian Coltescu, the Romanian fourth official, to his compatriot Ovidiu Hategan, according to representatives of the Turkish club.

Pierre Webo, Bašakšehir’s assistant coach, heard that the fourth official had identified the black PSG footballer who had offended his colleague with the phrase “wing black” (the phrase that caused the scandal sounded something like this: “offended black, run and see which one. You can not play like this “).

Conversation of the judges in Romanian:

In case of controversy and massive outrage, the players of both teams left the stadium. The referees’ explanations that the word “negru” in Romanian is not an insult did not convince the players.

Initially, the match was to be extended that night, but Bašaksehir disagreed with the suggestion that Coltescu, at the epicenter of the scandal, swap places with his colleague in charge of the VAR system.

UEFA has announced that the incident will be fully investigated. “Racism and all forms of discrimination in football are not acceptable,” the organizers said.

Whatever the outcome of the match, Bašakšehir’s team will be last in the UEFA Champions League and PSG will advance to the playoffs. PSG would be promoted to the Group H position in the event of victory. In the event of a tie or defeat for PSG, the Paris Club would remain second. PSG currently has 9 points. Leipzig leads the group with 12 points.

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