Richard Ríos opens up after Real Madrid v Benfica: It's hard to talk | OneFootball

In Benfica's farewell to the Champions League, Richard Ríos mentioned that the Benfica squad tried to keep out of the locker room the controversy surrounding Vinícius Júnior's racist accusation against Gianluca Prestianni, which left the Argentine international suspended for the second leg of the playoff for access to the round of 16.

"It's hard to talk about it. It doesn't change anything, it will only add more fuel to what's happening. Of course, it's difficult, we lost a player who is important. But the matter stayed at Luz. We prepared in the best way, tried to forget about it, life goes on. We couldn't do anything. We tried to think about it as little as possible," he assured, in statements to TNT Sports, Brazil.

The number "20" also commented on the absence of José Mourinho, who was missed on the bench. "Certainly. He is our boss, our leader. It's always important to have someone commanding, giving words of support. He is our coach, the one who commands, who knows what we should do. He was missed, yes, but he was expelled defending us. It was difficult because someone else was supposed to be expelled, and it didn't happen. He was missed," he replied.

"He was expelled while defending us, but the person who was supposed to be expelled was someone else...", he complained. The midfielder was a starter at the Bernabéu.

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