Gianluca Prestianni will miss the second leg of Benfica’s Champions League tie in opposition to Actual Madrid after Uefa rejected the membership’s enchantment in opposition to his suspension.
The Argentine winger was handed a provisional one-match ban after Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Jr reported alleged racist abuse throughout final week’s 1-0 defeat in a knockout spherical play-off first leg.
Benfica mentioned they might enchantment the choice, however accepted it was unlikely to “have any sensible impact” earlier than Wednesday’s return on the Bernabeu.
Uefa has imposed the ban on a provisional foundation, pending the results of a full investigation by an ethics and disciplinary inspector, and additional punishment might nonetheless be handed out to the 20-year-old.
Prestianni educated alongside his Benfica team-mates at Actual Madrid’s stadium on Tuesday within the hope his ban may very well be overturned in time to characteristic.
However the Portuguese membership’s request was dismissed by Uefa’s Appeals Physique and the participant stays provisionally suspended for his or her subsequent match in European membership competitors, which is Wednesday’s recreation.
Prestianni would in any other case have been eligible to face the Spanish hosts whereas the investigation occurred.
Nevertheless, European soccer’s governing physique mentioned there was sufficient proof to adequately help a “prima facie” case in opposition to him in relation to the usage of discriminatory language.
