{"id":50321,"date":"2026-04-25T18:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=50321"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:02:35","slug":"he-said-your-mothers-to-me-prestianni-breaks-silence-on-vinicius-jr-confrontation-and-mbappes-racism-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/he-said-your-mothers-to-me-prestianni-breaks-silence-on-vinicius-jr-confrontation-and-mbappes-racism-accusation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe said your mother\u2019s\u2026\u2026. to me\u201d: Prestianni breaks silence on Vinicius Jr confrontation and Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s racism accusation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benfica winger\u00a0<strong>Gianluca Prestianni<\/strong>\u00a0has given his most detailed account yet of the explosive confrontation with\u00a0<strong>Vinicius Junior<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0during Real Madrid\u2019s Champions League knockout play-off tie in February 2026 \u2014 insisting he never said anything racist and was himself targeted with abuse by both Madrid stars from the opening whistle.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview that is now circulating widely on social media, the 20-year-old Argentine described a sustained verbal assault he claims he chose not to react to, while feeling deeply wronged by accusations he says are simply not true.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cVinicius Junior was telling me: \u2018Come on, come on and play one-on-one against me, coward.\u2019 He said \u2018Your mother\u2019s p*ssy\u2019 to me. But no, I didn\u2019t say anything at any moment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2014 Gianluca Prestianni, said in an interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Gianluca Prestianni: \"Vinicius Junior was telling me: 'come on, come on and play one-on-one against me, coward.\" He said \"Your mother's p*ssy\" to me. But no, I didn't say anything at any moment.\"<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Reporter: \"Did you hear Mbapp\u00e9 when he was saying to you \"Are you a f*king\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Buf47mMT7W\">pic.twitter.com\/Buf47mMT7W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Touchline | \ud835\udc13 (@TouchlineX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TouchlineX\/status\/2048019599384359283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Prestianni claims Mbapp\u00e9 called him a \u201cf*cking racist\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>When asked whether he heard Mbapp\u00e9 directly accuse him of racism during the match, Prestianni confirmed he did \u2014 but says he chose to stay silent rather than escalate the situation.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYes, I did hear him. But no, I wouldn\u2019t react ever. You are treating someone as a racist and they never were.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2014 Prestianni on Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s accusation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Prestianni\u2019s account adds fresh context to the incident, suggesting that both Vinicius and Mbapp\u00e9 were verbally engaging him from the very start of the match \u2014 not merely reacting to any alleged remark from him.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cI admire Messi \u2014 they are just normal players to me\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>In what may be the most striking part of the interview, Prestianni was asked whether he admires Vinicius and Mbapp\u00e9 as players. His answer was pointed.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cDid I admire them as players? No. Admire, no. Admire, I admire Messi. For me, they are top players, but normal players as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prestianni on Vinicius and Mbapp\u00e9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The comment underscores the Argentine\u2019s defiant attitude throughout the ordeal. Despite facing a UEFA ban and a potential FIFA extension that could keep him out of the 2026 World Cup, Prestianni appears unintimidated \u2014 and unapologetic about his feelings toward his accusers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benfica winger\u00a0Gianluca Prestianni\u00a0has given his most detailed account yet of the explosive confrontation with\u00a0Vinicius Junior\u00a0and\u00a0Kylian Mbapp\u00e9\u00a0during Real Madrid\u2019s Champions League\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":50323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4807],"class_list":["post-50321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-prestianni"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50333,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50321\/revisions\/50333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}