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Readers cannot know whether Prestianni will miss three or six UEFA games.
No block publishes the exact words Prestianni used against Vinícius Júnior, which makes it hard to judge how UEFA matched the language to its disciplinary rules on racist or discriminatory abuse.
If UEFA releases or clarifies the written disciplinary decision in the coming days, it will confirm the exact length of Prestianni’s ban and the specific rule he was judged to have broken.
[2026-04-24] UEFA has banned Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni for six matches after he verbally abused Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior during a Champions League game. The punishment highlights UEFA’s effort to crack down on racist or abusive conduct in top-level European football and affects Benfica’s squad options in future European fixtures.