It remains to be seen what the outcome of UEFA's investigation will be, but Prestianni's claim that he actually used a homophobic slur certainly won't get him off the hook. Article 14 of the European football governing body's disciplinary regulations states that the framework for punishing both racist and anti-gay abuse is the same.
"Any entity or person subject to these regulations who insults the human dignity of a person or group of persons on whatever grounds, including skin colour, race, religion, ethnic origin, gender or sexual orientation, incurs a suspension lasting at least 10 matches or a specified period of time, or any other appropriate sanction," the regulations say.