Benfica file complaint against Real Madrid's Valverde for alleged punch

[p]The clash between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/benfica/zBkyuyRI/"]Benfica[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] in the first leg of the Champions League playoffs continues to make headlines.[/p][p][b]On Thursday, Flashscore were told that Benfica had filed a report with UEFA against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/valverde-federico/nscfER6B/"]Fede Valverde[/a], the Real Madrid captain.[/b][/p][p]The incident in question happened in the 82nd minute, near the sideline, when the Uruguayan midfielder appeared to punch [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dahl-samuel/QeUL1GtM/"]Samuel Dahl[/a].[/p][p]From Benfica's perspective, Valverde should have been shown a red card for the incident, which was not reviewed by VAR.[/p][embed guid="c84725ce-56d2-450e-a895-ab158b8cae20" url="https://x.com/ESPNFC/status/2023905305390653642" social-type="twitter" /][p]It should be noted that Real Madrid won the match [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/benfica-zBkyuyRI/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=WxePtoiU"]0-1[/a], with a goal from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vinicius-junior/CbwQ4Mws/"]Vinicius Junior[/a].[/p][p][b]The match was marred by alleged racist insults from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/prestianni-gianluca/C2bbqoRj/"]Gianluca Prestianni[/a] directed towards the Brazilian international.[/b][/p][p]The two teams will meet again [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/benfica-zBkyuyRI/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=M1zZ0lxn"]on February 25th[/a] at the Santiago Bernabeu, where a place in the Champions League round of 16 will be at stake.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/europe/champions-league/"]Follow the Champions League with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]