Jose Mourinho, Tottenham Hotspur coach, assured that what happened at PSG-Istanbul Basaksehir could be “iconic“and that it helps to prevent something like that from happening anymore.
The footballers of both teams left the pitch after the fourth official allegedly called Cameroonian Pierre Webo, a member of the Basaksehir coaching staff, black.
“I am very sad because we don't want that in soccer. I know the referee, not the fourth, and he is a great guy, a very good referee, “said Mourinho in reference to the Romanian Ovidiu Hategan, referee of the match in Paris, at the press conference before the Europa League game this Thursday.
“He made a unexplained error, but only he can apologize and accept the consequences, “said the Portuguese coach.
“That a Champions League match stops at 15 minutes for this can make it become iconic and that it does not happen again. I am very sad that this happens in my sport. “
The meeting between the French and the Turks will resume this Wednesday with a different referee quartet.