gianluca prestieni Has already given evidence in UEFA investigation into his alleged racist abuse Vinicius Junior during real Madrid in the Champions League playoff game benfica This week, sources told ESPN.
European football’s governing body is investigating the incident during the second half at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal on Tuesday. Vinicius Scored the only goal of the game.
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The Madrid forward accused Prestiani of racially abusing him while covering his face with his shirt, causing the game to be stopped for 10 minutes before it could be continued.
The 20-year-old Argentinian testified that he heard Vinicius call Vinicius the anti-gay slur “m——” instead of “mono,” which is Spanish for monkey, sources told ESPN’s Bruno Andrade.
Immediately after the game, the Madrid midfielder Aurélien Tchoumeni Prestiani gave this explanation when asked about the incident, Spanish television reported.
Madrid has sent a dossier “all available evidence“To UEFA as part of the investigation.
Ahead klian mbappe After the game he gave a detailed account of what he saw and heard to the media, saying that he had personally heard Prestiani racially abuse Vinicius five times.
“I heard it,” Mbappé said. “There are also Benfica players who have heard it.”
Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa Prestiani was asked to face punishment At a press conference on Friday he said he hoped the case could be a “turning point” in the fight against racist abuse in football.
Article 14 of UEFA’s disciplinary regulations states that the framework of punishment for both racist and anti-gay abuse is the same.
“Any entity or person subject to these rules who insults the human dignity of any person or group of persons on any basis, including skin colour, race, religion, ethnic origin, gender or sexual orientation, will be subject to suspension from a minimum of ten matches or a specified period, or any other appropriate sanction,” the rules say.
