Coltescu and the other Romanian match officials were replaced for the restart by a new refereeing team headed by the Netherlands' Danny Makkelie. That red card was suspended by UEFA pending a probe into the matter, with European football's governing body promising a "thorough investigation". It was an unprecedented, unified response by the teams, to what Basaksehir midfielder Giuliano called a "disgraceful" comment from the official. Basaksehir's Senegalese forward Demba Ba, among the substitutes for the away side, could be heard remonstrating with the official in English, saying: "When you mention a white guy, you never say 'this white guy', you just say 'this guy', so why when you mention a black guy do you say 'this black guy?'" The Turkish champions had refused to restart the game on Tuesday as long as fourth official Coltescu was still involved.

Source: News 24 December 09, 2020 20:37 UTC