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Former Newcastle goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, who works with anti-racism organisation Show Racism The Red Card, said he believed Sebastian Coltescu had been “let down” by the authorities’ failure to equip officials with the awareness to avoid potential language or cultural issues. The Romanian fourth official has found himself at the centre of the racism controversy following alleged comments during Tuesday’s aborted Champions League clash between Paris St Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir. Hislop told the PA news agency: “I’ve always said I don’t think the authorities are doing enough about racism and sensitivities as it pertains to language. “Whereas the fourth official is going to bear the brunt of the criticism here, I think he’s been let down – and that’s assuming he was innocent in what he said and unknowing as to the fall-out that it would cause.”