Yeah it wouldn't have upset both sets of players. Props to PSG and Istabul for standing up for Ba
Champions League | Matchday 6
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aw, someone who doesn’t observe skin colour. How very woke!
I think It's only fair to abandon our match as well.
Sounds like he said ‘negro’ from that clip. Seems like he ‘the black guy’ but not in English from what people are saying on Twitter.
Jeez Leipzig don't half have some lapses in their own penalty area.. misplaced passes, fallen over their own feet. They'll definitely concede.
The Istanbul's assistant coach repeatedly asked him "why you say negro". See video above. Presumably the 4th ref said "negru" in Romanian.
Yeah just read that. Then it's very grey. Reason I say a grey area is cos I don't know why he would need to say 'black guy'. Could just point?
What in the world...
That ref has to be banned for life.
It was Demba Ba
Ah, you're at it again.
bloody hell he’s aged!!
I'll attribute it to ignorance instead of malice because I know nothing else about the incident, so I'll say: He's probably an idiot.
Yeah that's the explanation given atm. It doesn't make it a whole lot better.
Looks like the game will resume, probably without the 4th ref.
You forgot the ‘you’re a racist’ bit.
The ref does claim he said "negru", but that doesn't solve the issue. You don't say "this black guy" when you're a ref and want to send someone off.
4th ref defense is that "negru" means black in Romanian. Still not OK.
Seems like the match will restart without this ref after a delay and another warm-up.
Seems like the match will restart without this ref after a delay and another warm-up.
BT with their amateur coverage again.. last season it was the PSG V Atalanta game with the delay, then the Liverpool v Ajax with the sound issue. Now studio shots of Rio & Linkekar sipping tea.
Dest is awful today.
You have really really strange reactions on here to incidents revolving around racism. And sometimes even stranger reactions to people trying to explain such incidents to you (not even talking in particular about this one).
You will rightly not care what a random stranger on the Internet thinks but I'm pretty much done giving you the benefit of the doubt.
Surely you reread this and realised how ridiculous you sound. The fact you posted it anyway speaks volumes.
This ref is an absolute nobber. Everything about his manner is off today.
In fairness that's been the best bit so far.
I can't believe this is your response to that post. This is embarrassing.
McKennie looking a good player at Juve?
Not a pen imo, not enough in it.
With all the drama missed the fact Juve are 2 up and probably gonna win the group.
I might be missing something - but that sounds a massive overreaction if there's nothing else going on. Must be surely?
Separate thread for it, he allegedly said the negro/negru
The word black in Romanian and n word sound the same
There's absolutely nothing wrong with saying the black guy.
But it doesn't sound like that's what this is about from a couple of other posts.
That's (unfortunately) much more like it. And no surprise there's a reaction.
I'll find the other thread.
I'm not sure if you're racist, but you're at the very least wildly and deliberately out of touch.
In Portugal we're taught to say 'negro' (portuguese word) to refer to a black person while calling them 'preto' which means black is actually a racist insult. So it's pretty much the complete opposite of what happens in english for example, given the similarity between portuguese and romanian languages that could have been what happened.
Oh no - this is gonna be Suarez all over again isn't it!!
UEFA scheduled the PSG game to restart at 10pm local at 13th min in 1st half replacing the ref with one from VAR. No info if Istanbul agreed.
There is quite a bit wrong with saying the black guy. There's just no need for it.
Good times when Barca were chastising Ernesto Valverde for leading the league table 3 years in a row and losing 3-4 on aggregate to the most in-form Liverpool side in 3 decades.
This new Barca 3 points above relegation, getting rekt at home by any half decent side, under a coach who plays 4-2-4 against a 5 men midfield Juve, is sure as hell the biggest improvement I've ever seen in football.
This new Barca 3 points above relegation, getting rekt at home by any half decent side, under a coach who plays 4-2-4 against a 5 men midfield Juve, is sure as hell the biggest improvement I've ever seen in football.
Why would he mention his color ? He's an assistant coach after all.
United have been rubbish but this referee is a massive twat.