The Champions League tie between PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir was temporarily suspended following an alleged instance of racist abuse
The players of both PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir left the field after the Istanbul assistant manager Pierre Webó was reportedly racially abused by a UEFA official.
The game was reportedly set to restart without the fourth official replaced by the VAR official, though at present Istanbul's players are yet to agree to return to the pitch.
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In footage from the match, fourth official can be seen telling the referee to send Webó off, at which point he is alleged to have used a racial epithet to describe the former Cameroon international. Webó is then seen remonstrating with officials, and asking the official in question why he said what he did.
https://twitter.com/NBCSportsSoccer/status/1336411047629119488
Further video shows Basaksehir Demba Ba confronting the official after the red card.
Ba can be heard saying: "You never say 'this white guy', you say 'this guy.' So... why when you mention a black guy, you have to say 'this black guy'?"
https://twitter.com/fut21news/status/1336408047812567048
The incident in Paris came just minutes before a number of Queens Park Rangers players took the knee - a message of support for racial equality - and held aloft their fists in front of Millwall fans after scoring at the Den tonight.
On Saturday, a selection of the same set of Millwall fans booed both their own team and Derby County's players for taking the knee prior to their game. In the aftermath, their supporter's club attempted to claim that the booing was not racially motivated.
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