UCL: UEFA suspends Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni after Vinicius racism claim

UEFA has announced the provisional one-match suspension of Benfica subordinate Gianluca Prestianni pursuing his altercation with Real Madrid winger Vinicius successful the archetypal limb of their Champions League Round of 16 playoff necktie past week.

This comes aft Vinicius alleged that Prestianni racially abused him during the brushwood successful Portugal.

This means that Prestianni volition not play the Champions League playoffs instrumentality limb astatine Real Madrid this week arsenic investigations proceed regarding the alleged racism from the Argentine.

An inspector from UEFA’s Ethics and Disciplinary Commission imposed the provisional suspension connected Prestianni implicit the radical slur targeted astatine Vinicius, nether Article 14 connected “discriminatory behaviour”.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid won the archetypal limb 1-0, acknowledgment to Vinicius’s lone extremity of the encounter.

UCL: UEFA suspends Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni aft Vinicius racism claim