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04-28-2014, 12:03 PM
Great Response to Racist Taunt: Soccer Star Eats Banana Thrown at Him
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As Barcelona player Dani Alves was getting ready to perform a corner kick during Sunday's game against Villarreal, one of the viewers threw a banana at him, a racist taunt often directed at players with darker skin
But Alves had the best possible response: he ate the banana and continued the free kick as if **thing had happened
See also: President Obama Plays Soccer With ASIMO the Robot (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/obama-plays-soccer-with-asimo-the-robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
As you can see in the video above, everything happened extremely fast: under ten seconds. But that was still e**ugh time for Alves to peel of the banana and grab a bite before continuing the play
Barcelona went on to win the game 3-2. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/soccer-star-eats-banana-thrown-at-him/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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As Barcelona player Dani Alves was getting ready to perform a corner kick during Sunday's game against Villarreal, one of the viewers threw a banana at him, a racist taunt often directed at players with darker skin
But Alves had the best possible response: he ate the banana and continued the free kick as if **thing had happened
See also: President Obama Plays Soccer With ASIMO the Robot (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/obama-plays-soccer-with-asimo-the-robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
As you can see in the video above, everything happened extremely fast: under ten seconds. But that was still e**ugh time for Alves to peel of the banana and grab a bite before continuing the play
Barcelona went on to win the game 3-2. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/soccer-star-eats-banana-thrown-at-him/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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