
Benfica striker Gianluca Prestianni will miss his side’s Champions League play-off tie at Real Madrid on Wednesday night, after European football chiefs suspended him for one match following allegations that he racially abused Madrid’s Vinicius Junior.
The Argentine’s ban from the game at the Santiago Bernabeu comes as tournament organisers Uefa carry out an inquiry into the incident during the first leg of the two games to decide a place in the last-16 of the 2026 competition.