The PSG-Basaksehir match was arrested on Tuesday for racist allegations by the fourth referee of the match towards the assistant coach of the Turkish club Achille Webo, a former Cameroonian international. Here is what we know on the scene.
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In the 13th minute, following a foul by Kimpembe on Gulbrandsen, the bench of Basaksehir protested strongly, while two Turkish players had already been warned in the previous minutes. Referee Ovidiu Hategan, alerted by his assistants, then heads for the sidelines to give a card to a member of the Istanbul staff. The official asks his fourth referee, Sebastian Coltescu, to designate the person to be sanctioned. This one answers him: “Black Wing” (black, Romanian). The formula is captured by people on the sidelines behind closed doors at the Parc des Princes. Webo, kicked out at the same time, explodes and repeats repeatedly, shouting: « Why did you say ‘negro’? » (“Why did you say ‘nigga’? “) coming into contact with the fourth referee.
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Mbappé and PSG also reacted
The players of both camps then approach the stage, Neymar in the lead, while Webo leaves the field. Mehmet Topal explains to the head referee his incomprehension about this scene. The striker Demba Ba, very recovered, also comes to challenge the main referee and especially the fourth referee by asking why he allows himself to designate someone as ” black “ when he would never say ” the White “. Kylian Mbappé, with Neymar next to him, then tells the head referee that the players do not want to play again while the fourth referee is still there, that he must be sent off.
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At the same time, Basaksehir Okan Buruk’s coach, face to face with Sebastian Coltescu, orders him to leave the field and lets go: «You are racist. » The fourth referee struggles to justify his gesture. After ten minutes of discussions, the players decide to leave the field, the stopwatch then indicates 23 minutes and four seconds. They won’t come back.
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The match postponed to Wednesday with new referees
In discussions, both teams demanded that the fourth referee no longer participate in the match and be replaced. While UEFA initially communicated a resumption at 10 p.m., the meeting was eventually postponed, to around 11 p.m. ” Our players made the decision not to return to the field after our assistant coach Achille Webo was the victim of racist behavior by the fourth referee ”, communicated the Istanbul club.
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The match will take place on Wednesday evening at 6:55 p.m., with new referees. With a lower sporting stake for the PSG, now qualified.
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