PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir was suspended on Tuesday as both sets of players walked off amid allegations of racism by the fourth official, in an unprecedented incident in European football’s elite club competition.
The row erupted after Basaksehir assistant coach Pierre Webo, the former Cameroon international, was shown a red card during a fierce row on the touchline with staff from the Turkish club accusing the fourth official of using a racist term.
That led to the game at the Parc des Princes — which started at 9:00 pm local time (2000 GMT) – stopping in the 14th minute while still goalless, with the players walking off around…
