00:01europe's football governing body is set to probe claims by real madrid's vinicius jr that he was racially abused during
00:08a match against portuguese side benfica the champions league knockout playoff match against benfica was halted for ten minutes on
00:16tuesday
00:16the delay came after vinicius jr accused opponent gianluca prestiani of racially abusing him after he had scored a goal
00:24the brazilian was given a yellow card for excessive celebration following the goal after which he was confronted by prestiani
00:31real madrid star kilian mbappe said after the game that prestiani called vinicius a monkey an accusation prestiani denies he
00:40had told teammates that he did indeed provoke vinicius but never used racist language
00:46real madrid were prepared to leave the pitch if vinicius wanted to but the match eventually resumed after around 10
00:53minutes uefa said it was analyzing official match reports and would open investigations if anything was reported
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