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Conference in the Champions League! The round of 16 is at stake in three games. The game between Real Madrid and Benfica Lisbon in particular is likely to be hot. The live ticker.

Champions League in the live ticker

Real Madrid – Benfica Lisbon 1:1

0:1 Rafa (14th), 1:1 Tchouameni (16th)
Paris St Germain – AS Monaco 0:0
Juventus – Galatasaray 0:0

High tension on Wednesday evening in the Champions League. Both the game between Real Madrid and Benfica Lisbon (first leg 1-0) and the French duel between Paris St. Germain and AS Monaco (first leg 3-2) promise excitement. Galatasaray is on its way to the round of 16 after a 5-2 win against Juventus from Turin.

Things are likely to be particularly hot in the Portuguese-Spanish duel. There was excitement in Lisbon over an alleged racist incident against Real Madrid’s Brazilian Vinicius. Because of this, the Argentine football professional Gianluca Prestianni is from Benfica Lisbon temporarily suspended for the second leg. The disciplinary and ethics committee of the European Football Union (Uefa) decided this before the game this Wednesday.

Argentinian Prestianni pulled his jersey over his mouth as he spoke to Vinicius Junior Getty

Uefa clarified that the provisional suspension applies regardless of any decisions that the UefaA disciplinary bodies may take following the completion of the ongoing investigation and its submission to the UefaA disciplinary bodies. The continental association cited a prima facie violation of Article 14 of the UEFA Disciplinary Code in connection with discriminatory behavior as the reason for the provisional ban.

Achraf Hakimi of Paris Saint Germain. picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Thibault Camus

Rape allegation: Football star Hakimi has to go to court in France

Off the pitch there is also excitement at PSG. The Moroccan Achraf Hakimi faces a rape trial in France. It is about a case in February 2023, as Hakimi’s lawyer and the public prosecutor’s office in Nanterre told the AFP news agency on Tuesday. The defense attorney rejected the allegations and assured that he was looking forward to the criminal proceedings with “calmness.”

“Today, an accusation of rape is enough to justify a trial, even if I reject it and everything proves that it is false,” Hakimi explained on the online service The trial date has not yet been set.