A decision has been taken to ban Gianluca Prestianni ahead of investigation on the Vinicius Jnr racism case, MySportDab reports.
Both the Benfica and Real Madrid players had it against each other during their Champions League clash last week.
It was said that Gianluca Prestianni made some racist words against Vinicius Jnr on multiple occasions during their clash.
A whole lot of event took place in the game which saw the Real Madrid player celebrated in a way which did not go well with the Benfica team.
Vinicius Jnr scored and danced in front of the Benfica flag during their victory in Portugal. Jose Mourinho wasn’t left out of the whole situation as he had some words to say.
According to Fabrizio Romano, he confirmed UEFA already made a decision as investigation is still going on.
Here Is What Was Said:
“Gianluca Prestianni will not play against Real Madrid, suspended by UEFA.
“Provisional suspension has been notified to Benfica today while investigation for the racism case with Vinicius Jr continues.
No final decision has been taken for now, but the player is not expected to play in the return leg which goes down in Spain this week to decide who make it into the next round.