Vinicius Junior racism allegation overshadows Real Madrid’s win over Benfica

Real Madrid’s 1-0 Champions League play-off round win over Benfica in Lisbon was overshadowed by alleged racist abuse of Vinicius Junior.

The Real forward left the field and refused to return resulting in a stoppage in play that lasted 10 minutes, after accusing a member of the Benfica team of making the comment.

The referee paused the game in line with UEFA regulations but it appeared at one stage that the first leg in Lisbon would not be able to continue.

It came after the Brazilian had given his team the lead with a wonderful individual strike, curling the ball home from a tight angle five minutes into the second half.

After celebrating in front of the home fans, he became suddenly and visibly upset about something said to him and immediately informed the referee. He spent much of the time that the game was paused seated in the Real dugout.

Desire Doue came off the bench to inspire Paris St Germain’s remarkable 3-2 comeback victory in the first leg of their Champions League play-off against Ligue 1 rivals Monaco.

Doue started the evening on the bench, called upon to replace the injured Ousmane Dembele with his side two goals down having just missed a penalty through Vitinha.

But the 20-year-old France striker, who netted twice in last season’s final win, scored two and set up the other to mastermind a stunning shift in fortunes at Stade Louis II.

It was a thumping anti-climax for Sebastien Pocognoli’s side, who looked to be cruising when Folarin Balogun scored twice in the first 20 minutes but played the majority of the second half with 10 men thanks to Aleksandr Golovin’s sending off.

Juventus suffered a surprise 5-2 defeat to Galatasaray in Istanbul, Noa Lang scoring twice as the Turkish side put one foot in the last-16.

Juve led at the break following Teun Koopmeiners’ two goals to hit back after Gabriel Sara had scored for the hosts.

Lang then got the first of his two goals, Davinson Sanchez netted to restore his side’s lead then Juan Cabal was red carded for the visitors.

Lang hit his second to make it four before Bayern Munich loanee Sacha Boey completed the rout late on.

Serhou Guirassy and Maximilian Beier scored in the first half as Borussia Dortmund beat Atalanta 2-0.