UEFA rejected Benfica’s appeal regarding Argentine Prestianni and maintained the preventive one-game ban, which prevents the red footballer from facing Real Madrid this Wednesday, in the second leg of the playoff to reach the round of 16 of the Champions League.
Prestianni was preventively suspended by European football’s governing body following incidents in the first leg game, in Luz, in which the Argentine was accused of racist insults by Brazilian player Vinicius Junior, from Real Madrid.
Read the UEFA statement
“The Appeal Committee made the following decision today:
The appeal filed by SL Benfica is denied. Consequently, the decision of the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of 23 February 2026 is confirmed.
Mr Gianluca Prestianni remains provisionally suspended for the next UEFA club competition match for which he would otherwise be eligible”, it read.
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