Football world goes bananas

Kick out racism is the message

football stars eat bananas in support of Dani Alves

In a rare move to protest against racism in Spanish football, most of Europe's star footballers took to twitter, facebook and others posted pictures on their blogs eating bananas. Dani Alves picked a banana that was thrown at him in apparent monkey mock by a fan at Villareal during the weekend and ate it before taking the corner kick.
Surprising the incident never made it to the front page of any Spanish newspaper. This only serves to remind us that Spain remains crudely a racist society and black players plying their trade in Laliga bear the brunt on a daily basis. The authorities are not doing enough to kick out racism in football. However, news that the fan who threw the banana on the pitch was identified and banned from Villareal matches for life should serve as a solace to all those who were offended by the behaviour.