Vinícius Júnior declared that “racists are above all cowards [who] need to put their shirts in their mouth to demonstrate how weak they are” and attacked the failure of the referee to act after he was allegedly abused by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni during Real Madrid’s 1-0 win in Lisbon.
The Brazilian was seemingly minded to walk off on Tuesday and the Madrid coach, Álvaro Arbeloa, said they would have joined him. Kylian Mbappé said Prestianni should not be allowed to play in the Champions League again.
