Real Madrid's Champions League match away to Benfica descended into chaos after Vinicius Jr was allegedly racially abused and hit by a water bottle - as his team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold branded the scenes a 'disgrace to football'. In a tinderbox evening at the Estadio de Luz, where play was halted for 10 minutes after referee Francois Letexier made a crossed arms gesture to signal reported racial abuse, Jose Mourinho and a member of his Benfica staff were also shown a red card. Vinicius, who has since branded racists as 'cowards' in a statement, had just scored the opening - and ultimately winning - goal of the game before being booked by referee Francois Letexier for his dancing celebration which seemingly antagonised the home crowd. When walking back to the centre circle with his team-mates, the 25-year-old was incensed by something said allegedly to him by Argentinian Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni, who held his shirt over his mouth while speaking to the Madrid star after hi...
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