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UPDATE 00:18: Tuesday night’s game has been postponed to Wednesday, UEFA officials announced.
The match was definitively interrupted on Tuesday night, following accusations of racism presented to the Romanian referee Sebastian Colţescu, and the referees decided that the match would resume on Wednesday night at 18.55 local time (19.55 Romanian time).
Wednesday’s game will have another referee squad.
TO UPDATE: Turkey’s Sports Minister posted a message on Twitter condemning racism.
“Racism is a crime against humanity! We are with Bashashehir. # Respect # No racism,” the Turkish politician wrote.
Initial news
The football match between PSG and Istanbul Başakşehir, which counts for the fourth stage of Group H of the Champions League, was interrupted on Tuesday night after 16 minutes of play, and both teams left the field, in protest against the Romanian referee. Sebastian Colţescu. He allegedly used the word “black” against a member of the technical staff of the Turkish team.
During the match between the French and Turkish teams, Istanbul Başakşehir protested on several occasions against the decisions of the central referee, Ovidiu Haţegan, who eliminated Pierre Webo, a former Cameroonian international, assistant coach of the Turkish team.
The two teams denounced the racist comments of the fourth official, Sebastian Colţescu, according to Le Figaro.
Pierre Webo saw the red card in the 14th for a hard tackle at ground level. According to unconfirmed information, claims BBC Sport, Colţescu allegedly used a word with a racist connotation, respectively “black”.
The Parisian players also demanded an explanation and supported the protests of the Turkish team.
The teams demand that the match be resumed without Colţescu.
PSG v Basaksehir assistant referee allegedly said the “n word” to a Basaksehir team pic.twitter.com/TIDp5vlyk1
– noobfcb (@noob_fcb) December 8, 2020
An anti-racism message was posted on the club’s official Twitter account in Turkey.
“NO TO RACISM”
✊🏻✊🏿 NO TO RACISM | #Respect pic.twitter.com/Ic1BzfANoi
– Istanbul Başakşehir (@ ibfk2014) December 8, 2020
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