Four days after the historic incident which caused the interruption of the PSG-Basaksehir match, one of its protagonists looks back on the events.
Pierre Webo, designated by the fourth Romanian referee Sebastian Coltescu as "the black over there", protested against this racist designation and launched a wave of indignation shared by the two teams, who had decided not to not resume the game.
The Cameroonian assistant coach looks back on the events in the Daily Mail this Saturday.
“I saw the images again […].
I would not have wanted to be in front of myself, because I was very aggressive, explains the right-hand man of Okan Buruk.
It's the first time I've seen my face like this.
"
The support of the whole team
The former attacking player returns to the discussions, widely transcribed by television, and the way in which the official designated by UEFA could have designated him in a completely different way.
Webo recounts the behavior of the players behind the scenes at the Parc des Princes where he had gone to seek calm after an exchange with the sporting director Leonardo: “I did not know what was happening on the pitch at that time.
Rafael
(Editor's note: the former Lyonnais)
entered the locker room and told me:
We're stopping the match, we're not playing anymore
.
I asked:
What do you mean you don't play anymore?
Thirty seconds later, the whole team came and asked me how I was.
I was really nervous, I didn't want to say it at the time.
"
The member of the Istanbul technical staff also recounts in detail the support received by PSG.
“Neymar, Marquinhos and Leonardo called me.
They were in the tunnel and said to me:
We are sorry for what happened, but you have our support
, says Pierre Webo.
They said to me:
Don't worry, we're with you, we're not going to play.
We do not accept these kinds of words in football
.
"
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"I want to thank all the players of Paris Saint-Germain, the club and the people who were there, for their solidarity with us," continues Webo.
I'm very proud of them and I want to thank them for everything they've done at this time, because I was out of control in those five, ten seconds.
[…] It was a Champions League match.
With all the things around, doing that, having that kind of reaction, thank you and well done to both clubs.
"