The Champions League game between PSG and Basaksehir was halted in total confusion last night in the middle of the first half. The 4th referee was accused of racism by the players of Basaksehir, because he had called someone in the Turkish team “black”.
“I fully support what Demba Ba and the PSG and Basaksehir teams did during the match yesterday,” Kompany opens his speech. “But I think it’s up to the referee himself to explain and nuance it, that’s not up to me.”
“I have always been more focused on the bigger debate. As is often the case, this case will be noticed and talked about, but in my opinion there is never enough talk about the real essence of discrimination, being the institutional lack of opportunities. “
“I often try to tell it this way: climb up the ladder in your own company and look around you. Then you will understand for yourself how the agenda is constantly set in a non-nuanced way”, says Kompany.
“Today I am in the position of manager, which is not an agenda-setting position. But the fact that I come from a different background allows me to look at talent in a different way. fit the loft, perhaps give it opportunities.
“In terms of opportunities, it is just very difficult today to start life as a boy of another origin or another religion. You can hardly have a normal conversation about it without shouting out loud, because the platform you speak to often cannot look at it in the same nuanced way “, he concludes.
