Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni has obtained a provisional one-match suspension after Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Jr reported alleged racist abuse throughout final week’s Champions League assembly.
Vinicius advised referee Francois Letexier that he had been racially abused by the Argentina winger throughout the first leg of their Champions League knockout part play-off tie in Lisbon final Tuesday.
Uefa introduced the provisional ban on Monday following the appointment of an ethics and disciplinary inspector to research the incident.
The European governing physique stated additional punishment may very well be handed out as soon as the investigation is accomplished.
Prestianni has denied racially abusing the Brazilian.
Actual Madrid and Benfica meet for the second leg within the Spanish capital on Wednesday (20:00 GMT).
Final week’s first leg was halted for 10 minutes after Vinicius alerted on-field official Letexier to the second-half incident, earlier than he and his team-mates briefly left the pitch.
It got here after Vinicus, 25, scored a surprising aim after which obtained a yellow card for his celebrations in entrance of the Benfica supporters.
Benfica supervisor Jose Mourinho, who’s suspended for the second leg following his sending off later within the match, was criticised for his post-match feedback after saying he believed that Vinicius had celebrated disrespectfully.
Due to his ban, Mourinho won’t converse to the media earlier than the match – however Benfica have the choice of creating the assistant coach out there as a substitute.
