The Prestianni-Vinicius incident continues to drag on. According to Record, the Argentine player wanted to gather his teammates before Sunday’s training session in Lisbon to apologise for the problems caused in the days following his altercation with Vinicius in the Champions League game against Real Madrid.
The footballer criticised the media noise that has been generated around them in the middle of the playoff elimination and was aware of the inconveniences it has caused to everyone around him, from teammates to coaching staff.
However, according to the report, Prestianni insisted again in the locker room that he did not utter any racist insult to Vinicius and said he was “very offended” by the Real Madrid player for what he considers harsh accusations that have backfired on him both professionally and socially. With this tense atmosphere, Benfica will travel to the Bernabéu to try to overturn their Champions League deficit.
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