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After playing against PSG in the Champions League, the Başakşehir club arrived in Istanbul in the evening. In the match that started on Tuesday night, the French team defeated our representative 5-1 in the match, which was postponed until Wednesday due to the racist statements of the 4th referee to Webo.
Upon their return to Istanbul, Başakşehir club president Göksel Gümüşdağ, coach Okan Buruk and coach Webo made statements.
Stating that they gave a message to the world, President Gümüşdağ said: “There is no need to talk about yesterday’s match score. The meaning and importance of the match is different. Thank you for fighting bravely in other games. As a 6-year-old club, we fight with honor. Our resistance to racism went down in history on the night of December 8. December 8 is very important for world sports and will be remembered as a note to history. I listen to him as the president of this club. As a result of long speeches, we decided to return to Istanbul. After the speeches of the UEFA officials and the club’s general manager, we said that if the 4 referees change, we will play.” said.
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Göksel Gümüşdağ stated that they will be fans of the event and said: “Relations with UEFA were carried out very well in 1 hour. We thank UEFA. We are preparing a letter for UEFA President Ceferin. We will ship it tomorrow. These referees must receive a life penalty. Of course, defenses will be made. But we rightly demand this request. Webo has nothing to worry about! The whole world needs to think about this. There should be such a punishment that no one should dare again. We did something to be proud of. FIFA received calls from all over the world and conveyed their congratulations to us ”.
WEBO: THANK YOU ALL
Coach Webo, who was exposed to the racist words of the 4th referee, made a short statement and said: “I thank everyone for their support of what happened in this match. We come together as a team. The referee said the words that everyone heard. It was very strange that he said these words as a UEFA referee and he went beyond the limit! The support provided here was very important. An anti-racism stance was shown the night of December 8. I thank everyone. We could see that the referee team was aggressive. We had to react to that. He said the word that I shouldn’t say.
OKAN BURUK: SUPPORTED PSG PLAYERS
Başakşehir coach Okan Buruk said PSG players and the club supported them. Buruk said that Mbappé and Neymar also supported them at the time of the incident and conveyed that they did not want to continue with the refereeing quartet.
Buruk’s explanations are as follows;
“We had a very sad and difficult night. Your result is important to us. The reaction of many people around the world was very important. It will happen from now on, but I wish tonight to be a turning point. It is important that people continue the reward of our struggle. PSG players and coaches provided support. We had a night where football was left out, but humanity came in.
It was difficult to prepare for the match. We really had a shock. We talk to the players before the game. It didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to on the field. We saw the damage in us from the night before. Soccer wasn’t important, but the December 8 fight was. Neymar and Mbappé arrived immediately and said ‘We will not play as long as this is the referee’. So we decided to go in and not continue. There was significant support from UEFA. “
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