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Dodi Lukebakio, Prestianni’s teammate at Benfica, has spoken out about Prestianni and his alleged racist insult to Vinicius. In an interview with Pickx +Sports, he admits to having discussed the issue at length with “other people in the past”: “I wonder how I would react if it happened to me, because we usually experience it from a distance.”
“It’s true that people talk and speculate, but in the end, we don’t know what he really said. Is it true or was it an exaggeration to take advantage of the situation? I think it’s also possible that Real Madrid wanted to take advantage of this,” admits the Belgian striker for Benfica. Furthermore, he hopes that he did not utter any racist insults at Vinicius during the match because, if so, he could not “accept it,” as he himself explains during the interview: “I just hope that what he said is false. Because, if it’s true, I can’t accept it. I am against injustice. And all injustice deserves to pay the consequences.”
The Belgian Benfica player is gradually returning to the Portuguese team’s lineup. Due to a broken ankle, he missed a long list of matches between November 21 and February 17. He returned to play in the first leg between Benfica and Real Madrid, playing just 10 minutes of the match. In the league match, he played 20 minutes in Benfica’s 3-0 victory over AFS. If everything goes according to plan, he could make the leap to the starting lineup at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday. With Prestianni out of the starting lineup, the Belgian is in line to be in the starting lineup.