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Prestianni suspended \u200bfor homophobic discriminatory conduct in Champions League match \u200cagainst \u200bReal Madrid in February.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 24 Apr 2026<\/span>24 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Benfica\u2019s \u200cGianluca Prestianni has been handed a six-match suspension for discriminatory conduct \u2060that was deemed \u2060homophobic in a Champions League match against Real Madrid, UEFA announced.<\/p>\n Prestianni will be banned for two \u2060more matches after UEFA said on Friday that a further three-match suspension would be \u201csubject to a probationary period of two years, starting from the date \u2060of the present decision\u201d. He has already served a one-match provisional suspension.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n The Argentinian winger was accused of directing a racist slur at Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr during the Spanish side\u2019s 1-0 Champions League playoff first-leg win \u200cin February.<\/p>\n The first leg was suspended for 11 minutes shortly after Vinicius gave Real the lead early in the second half.<\/p>\n Television footage showed Prestianni covering his mouth with his shirt repeatedly before making comments that Vinicius and nearby teammates interpreted as a racial slur against the 25-year-old.<\/p>\n Prestianni had denied the accusation that he had made \u2060a racist comment, saying Vinicius had misheard him. Real\u2019s \u2060Aurelien Tchouameni said the Argentinian told him he did not call Vinicius a \u201cmonkey\u201d but directed a homophobic comment at him.<\/p>\n UEFA also said they would request FIFA to extend the \u2060suspension worldwide.<\/p>\n The suspension includes the one-match provisional suspension Prestianni served during the second leg of \u2060their knockout playoff on February 25, which \u2060Real Madrid won 2-1 to advance.<\/p>\n Benfica said they had been notified about the sanction imposed on Prestianni.<\/p>\n \u201cOf the three-match effective ban, one has already been served and the remaining two \u200cmust be served in UEFA matches or Argentina national team matches in a FIFA context,\u201d Benfica said.<\/p>\n Prestianni has played for Argentina only once, \u200cmaking \u200chis debut as a late substitute in a friendly game against Angola in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Prestianni suspended \u200bfor homophobic discriminatory conduct in Champions League match \u200cagainst \u200bReal Madrid in February. Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 Benfica\u2019s \u200cGianluca Prestianni has been handed a six-match suspension for discriminatory conduct \u2060that was deemed \u2060homophobic in a Champions League match against Real Madrid, UEFA announced. Prestianni will be banned for two \u2060more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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