
FIFA agreed to extend Gianluca Prestianni’s suspension for a homophobic slur he used towards Vinicius Junior worldwide, putting the Argentina international’s 2026 World Cup in doubt.
Cowardly covering his mouth so that no one could definitively prove what was said, Prestianni uttered something despicable towards Vinicius Jr during February’s Champions League encounter between Benfica and Real Madrid at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon.