Mourinho, the unwelcome guest at Madrid's home
Jose Mourinho has not set foot in the Santiago Bernabeu since leaving Real Madrid in 2013, but his Champions League homecoming with Benfica on will be complicated...
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Jose Mourinho returns to the Santiago Bernabeu with SL Benfica for a UEFA Champions League play-off, but his homecoming is complicated by a touchline ban and a controversy surrounding racial abuse.
- Mourinho was sent off in the first leg and will not be in the dugout or have access to the dressing room for the second leg.
- The match is overshadowed by allegations of racial abuse by Benfica midfielder Gianluca Prestianni towards Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior.
- Prestianni has been provisionally suspended for one game by UEFA, with further sanctions possible pending an investigation.
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