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Jose Mourinho has defended Benfica and accused Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr of inciting the crowd after an alleged racist incident at their Champions League clash in Lisbon.
Vinicius scored a superb winner and was booked for his celebrations as objects were thrown at him from the stands.
Television pictures showed a heated exchange between Vinicius and Benfica winger Gianluca Prestiani.
The striker then spoke to umpire Francois Letexier and went and sat in the dugout as the game went on stopped for about 10 minutes. Letexier made a gesture with crossed arms to signal a racial slur.
Mourinho spoke to his former player during the delay and was later sent off after play was eventually restarted.
Mourinho told Amazon Prime: « Unfortunately Vinicius wasn’t just happy to score that amazing goal and then the game was over. You have to celebrate in a respectful way.
« (He incited the crowd?) I believe so. The words of the two players, I want to be independent, say two completely different things. He (Prestiani) denies it.
« I told him (Vinicius) to celebrate and come back if you score a goal like that. He was arguing about racism and I said the greatest man in the history of this club, Eusebio, is black. The last thing this club is is racist.
There is something wrong because in every stadium he plays something happens.
« I love Jose Mourinho but he made the wrong decision – this is probably the only time we didn’t have to hear it, » former Arsenal winger Theo Walcott said on Amazon Prime.
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