Football legend Thierry Henry talked about the Prestianni-Vinicius incident during Real Madrid’s 0-1 win over Benfica in the first leg of the Champions League’s Round of 32. Henry delivered a powerful speech.
“I can relate to what Vini Jr. is going through. It happened so many times to me, I talked about it so many times after the games. I’ve been accused of looking for excuses after games when it happened to me. So at times you feel lonely because it’s your word against his word. And because we don’t know what Prestianni said, as he was very ‘courageous’, he put his shirt over his mouth to make sure we don’t see what he said, so clearly you already look suspicious, because you didn’t want people to see or read what you said,” said the French legend.
“Then, the reaction of Vini Jr. is telling me that something not right happened. Vini can tell his side of the story and Prestianni I’m sure will not tell us what he actually said because I saw Mbappé confronting him and he told Kylian ‘I didn’t say anything’, well, you must’ve said something at the very least,” he added.