Neymar's match was stopped in 14 minutes due to racist incident

Sports Desk: Racism on the football field is nothing new. But what happened on Tuesday night in the Champions League is rare. Allegations of racism were raised against the match official himself. In protest, the footballers of the Turkish club Istanbul Basaksehir stopped the match in Peru for 14 minutes. So that the players of Paris Saint Germain (PSG) also left the field with support.

The incident that happened in the match of ‘H’ group of Champions League. The match has been temporarily suspended following the incident and will be investigated, a UEFA spokesman said. The postponed match will be played again today (Wednesday) with the new match officials. The game will start from 14 minutes. Basaksehir, who was knocked out of the Champions League before, faced Neymar-Killian Mbabane at PSG. In the 14th minute of the match, the referee showed a red card to the assistant coach of the Turkish team Pierre Webo for arguing while standing on the touchline.

The situation became heated due to that incident. Pierre Webbo, Basaksehir's assistant coach and former Cameroonian footballer, complained that the match official had made racist remarks aimed at him. After seeing the referee's red card, French channel RMC Sports broadcast that Weibo pointed to the fourth match official and said angrily, "Why did you call me Negro?" "You can never tell anyone you are a white man," Basaksehir striker Demba told BT Sports. You just have to tell people. So why call someone a black man, can you call a black man? Opposing PSG star forward Killian Mbabane also protested the racist incident.

In a tweet after the match, he wrote, ‘Don’t say racism. We are by your side. ' Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also spoken out against racism in such incidents with the Swadeshi Club. "I believe UEFA will take the necessary steps," he tweeted. We are unconditionally against racism and discrimination in sports and in all walks of life. " Neymar's PSG have been confirmed in the last 16 of the Champions League after Manchester United lost 3-2 to Leipzig on Tuesday night.