UEFA strikes, Benfica announces immediate appealPrestianni / @x.com/brfootballJust hours before the decisive Champions League play-off second leg, SL Benfica finds itself at the

The almighty Real Madrid had won the first five consecutive European Cup editions, a dominion never repeated as the competition unfolded. They were a team for the ages, the white

The Argentine will miss the second leg of the Champions League knockout round play-off against Real Madrid on Wednesday night.

Benfica has released a statement categorically denying reports that winger Gianluca Prestianni has admitted to the club that he uttered a racial slur toward Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior.

Benfica has issued an official statement to categorically deny the accusations of an alleged racist insult by Prestianni towards Vinícius Jr. The Portuguese club strongly denies that the player has confessed to such conduct to his teammates or the club's directors as was claimed this afternoon by 'Correio da Manha'.

Benfica have issued a club statement after reports claimed that Gianluca Prestianni told team-mates what he said to Vinicius Junior.

As a player, Roger Schmidt spent the majority of his career in the fifth and sixth tiers of the German football league pyramid. After spells in charge of Delbrucker SC and SC Preußen Munster, his major managerial breakthrough came in July 2011 when he ...