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Sebastian Colțescu, fourth official of the match between PSG and Basaksehir, of the UEFA Champions League groups, was the protagonist of a scandal of proportions. The Romanian referee was accused of racism, after using the word “black” when he told center-back Ovidiu Hațegan to eliminate Pierre Webo, a member of the group’s staff in Turkey.
After the 14 minute incident of the game in the Parc des Princes, the two teams entered the locker room and the game was postponed until the next day, with another brigade of referees. The French champion, through President Nasser Al-Khelaifi, showed her support for Webo, giving the Cameroonian a Parisian shirt with her name, signed by Thomas Tuchel’s players.
Sebastian Colțescu, presented by Kylian Mbappé
Kylian Mbappé (21), one of the stars of PSG, who scored twice in the match with Bașakșehir, described Sebastian Colțescu’s behavior as “intolerable” and said he was proud to have left the field with his teammates and rivals.
“I am proud of what I did on Tuesday. Much has been said, but the most important thing is the facts. We are tired of racism and we don’t want to go through something like that again. We are all human beings and what happened was intolerable. People were tired and something had to be done. We were not disappointed not being able to play. We made that decision and we are proud.
If we left things at that, people would have thought it was normal, but it shouldn’t be.“, said Mbappé, after the victory with Basaksehir, according to Marca.
Big names in world football defended Sebastian Colțescu
Lionel Charbonnier (54), a former French goalkeeper and international, said there are “no racist overtones” in what Colțescu said. Charbonnier, a current analyst at RMC Sport, has been a coach in Africa in the past.
He coached SM Sanga Balende from Congo and was second in the Madagascar team, allowing himself to analyze the situation from a personal perspective. “I trained in Africa and they always called me ‘the target’. There was nothing racist, no one had ever thought of such a thing. Not even me”Explained the former French goalkeeper.
John Barnes (67 years old), a former great striker for England and Liverpool, assures that Romanian referee Sebastian Colțescu would have done nothing wrong when he showed Pierre Webo, Turkey’s second team.
“If I am the only white person in a room or group, how else can you describe the only white or black person in a group? Demba Ba said that if he had been white, he would not have said “that white!” But if there were five black coaches and one white coach, he would have said “white!” What else could or should I say !?
The referee does not know who to sanction, the fourth official has to tell him who to turn to, so he tells him to go to the ‘black man’. Then the referee (no: – Ovidiu Haţegan) can ask his name and eliminate him. The role of the fourth official is only to identify you, not to ask your name. What if I said ‘black’? If this is the Romanian word for black, what happens?“John Barnes said, according to the Daily Mail.
VIDEO Incidents of Tuesday night of PSG – Basaksehir
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