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Maracineanu welcomes the reaction of Parisians and Turks to leave the lawn

2020-12-09T02:29:57.381Z


LE SCAN SPORT - The Minister of Sports appreciated the strong reaction of the two teams after the racist incident which caused the interruption and then the postponement of the match between PSG and Basaksehir.


Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu on Tuesday praised the "strong symbolism" of Paris SG and Istanbul Basaksehir players leaving the lawn of the Parc des Princes, after accusations of racism brought by the Turks against the fourth referee of the Champions League meeting.

"Tonight, athletes, athletes made a historic decision in the face of an attitude they deemed unacceptable," wrote the Minister on Twitter.

 “An expression of ordinary racism.

We are awaiting the results of the investigation but I can only salute the strong symbolism of their gesture and their solidarity, ”added the French minister, born in Romania, the country of the 4th referee accused Tuesday by the Turkish players.

Tonight, athletes and athletes made a historic decision in the face of an attitude they deemed unacceptable.

An expression of ordinary racism.


We are awaiting the results of the investigation but I can only salute the strong symbolism of their gesture and their solidarity

- Roxana Maracineanu (@RoxaMaracineanu) December 8, 2020

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The meeting degenerated in the 14th minute, when members of the Turkish staff, exasperated, shouted their anger, audible in a closed stadium: "He said negro", they launched in the direction of the fourth referee Sebastian Coltescu.

The latter had just reported to the main referee Ovidiu Hategan, Romanian like his colleague, the reaction too vehement to his liking of Pierre Achille Webo, Cameroonian member of the Basaksehir management, after an arbitration decision.

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Source: lefigaro

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