(AP) — The Champions League produced one of soccer’s most powerful shows of solidarity Tuesday against racism when players from Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir left the field and didn’t return.
The incident comes at the end of a year of striking gestures against racial injustice and discrimination.
The anti-discrimination Fare network’s executive director says the walk-off “lays down a marker in Europe.”
The game will resume on Wednesday with a new refereeing team.
Fare network executive director Piara Powar says players are “more prepared than ever before to exercise their right to stop a match.”
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