The world of futs is being shaken again by a new outcry of racism.
Uefa must investigate what Gianluca Prestianni (red shirt) said to Vinícius Júnior. PDO
In Tuesday’s Champions League match, Benfica Gianluca Prestianni raised the shirt collar in front of his mouth and said something about Real Madrid For Vinícius Júnior.
The brass star was shocked and immediately ran to the French referee by Francois Letexier round. This raised his arms crossed over his head, which in Uefa terminology means the initiation of the racism protocol.
After the match Vin’s teammate Kylian Mbappé swore to reporters that he heard Prestianni insult the Brazilian five times as a “monkey” (the Spanish word for “mono”).
After an eight-minute stoppage, the match was finally played until the final whistle. Real Madrid just won 1-0 with a great goal scored by Vinícius.
Uefa’s racism protocol threatens to end in a stalemate as Benfica has officially announced that it supports Prestianni’s account, in which the Argentinian claims his teammates simply misunderstood him.
Since Prestianni had his shirt in front of his mouth, lip readers cannot be used either.
The case of Kamara
However, Uefa has a precedent because Rangers and the Finnish national team Glen Kamara got to Slavia Prague By Ondřej Kúdel victim of insults in March 2021.
The Czech later denied that he had used any racist expression, but Uefa nevertheless deemed the circumstantial evidence sufficient and banned him for ten matches.
It is still UEFA’s toughest punishment for racist behavior.
Real Madrid’s lawyers can request a video sample in Kamara’s case. This is what he wrote, among other things The Athletic. There was also no video footage used then, because Kúdel whispered his insults into the Finn’s ear.
Now Kamara’s case is coming up again, and it might help Vinícius get the same justice.
Glen Kamara was the target of a racist insult in the spring of 2021. PDO