The Racism incident:
🚨🚨 Kylian Mbappé: "I will tell you the FULL STORY of what happened:
Vinicius scored, and what a goal! He celebrated.
Then the fans booed. These things happen, they happen, and they will happen in football.
Then there was a tense moment with the Benfica players. It's best if things don't escalate further, but that's also possible, because, as you know, it's the Champions League, the best club competition in the world, and ultimately, it's natural for everyone to want to win, to give their all for their fans, for their club, to defend their team.
There was player number 25 from Benfica—I don't want to mention his name, he doesn't deserve it—who started speaking rudely and saying insults.
That's also unacceptable, but it happens in football and it will always happen. Then he put his shirt down here and said "M*NKEY, M*NKEY, M*NKEY, M*NKEY, M*NKEY" .
I heard him say it, and some Benfica players heard him too, and then everything you saw started.
I have the utmost respect for Benfica and their coach, who is one of the best in history and who made history with Real Madrid, but in my opinion, this player doesn't deserve to play in the Champions League anymore.
It's a great honor to play in the Champions League, the most prestigious competition. I think everyone here is incredibly excited about the Champions League. Of course, I'm excited as a player, it excites people, especially children. We have to be good role models for young people because if we let things like this go unnoticed, I think all the values of football will lose their meaning, everything we believe in will lose its value, and we have to be something of value."