The Barcelona full-back casually picked up a banana thrown from the terraces onto the pitch, peeled it and shoved it in his mouth in one fluid motion before tossing away the peel and completing the kick.
Alves has previously taken a stand against racism at stadia in Spain.
The 30-year-old complained of racial abuse last year after being taunted by monkey chants from sections of the crowd during a King's Cup semi-final at Real Madrid and labelled Spain's efforts to tackle the problem a "lost war".
"We have suffered this in Spain for some time," said Alves. "You have to take it with a dose of humour."
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| Dani Alves eating the banana |
Former Barca striker Gary Lineker praised Alves. "Picked it up, peeled it, ate it and proceeded to take the corner," he tweeted. "Top response."
The ex-England striker added: "Utterly brilliant reaction from Alves. Treat the racist berk with complete disdain!"
Neymar, a club-mate of Alves and a fellow Brazil international, displayed his solidarity by eating a banana on his Instagram page.
Compatriot and Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva also praised the full-back, writing on Twitter: "Congratulations on your attitude yesterday. We are together on this fight against racism."
The Spanish media reported that match referee David Fernandez Borbalan made a note of the incident and that the country's football association, RFEF, will meet on Tuesday to discuss the matter.
Alves has been a regular target of racist abuse during his 12 years in Spain with both Sevilla and Barcelona.
great one alvis
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ReplyDeleteHe doesn't need to do that a second tiime for safety purposes.
ReplyDeleteDont blame them afterall african communities use animals as their emblems & also uses it 2 abuse themselves 2 gain popularity.eg in nigeria hausa means malu/cow in one southern language, yoruba means pig in a particular northern language,igbo means donkey,igala means antelope,edo/idoma means idiot/porcupine,ebira means dog etc etc etc
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