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Watch: ISL membership Odisha supervisor makes distasteful rape touch upon referee choice; membership apologise

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Image Source : STAR SPORTS Screengrab of Odisha FC supervisor Stuart Baxter speaking after workforce’s match towards Jamshedpur FC.
Ok you misplaced – okay you deserve a penalty – however is it okay for a coach to say this 😳😳 WOW @IndSuperLeague might have discovered a much less offensive analogy pic.twitter.com/eDjrVzikgB— Ranjit Bajaj (@THE_RanjitBajaj) February 1, 2021

Indian Super League membership Odisha are “appalled” supervisor Stuart Baxter used an offensive analogy about rape over a refereeing choice after dropping to Jamshedpur on Monday.

Baxter coached South Africa earlier than being employed final yr by Odisha, which misplaced the match 1-0.

“You need decisions to go your way and they didn’t,” Baxter stated in a post-match interview on Indian’s Star Sports tv. “I don’t know when we’re going to get a penalty. I think one of my players would have to rape someone or get raped himself if he was going to get a penalty.”

Odisha tweeted: “It is completely unacceptable whatever the context and does not reflect the values of the club. We, at Odisha FC, unreservedly apologize and the club management will handle this matter internally.”