Villarreal fined less than £10,000 in Dani Alves race row after fan threw a banana
"Villarreal have been fined less than £10,000 by the Royal Spanish Football Federation after a fan threw a banana at Barcelona's Dani Alves in April.
The League's Competition Committee took into account the fact the supporter was identified and banned.
The fine, which equates to 12,000, is in relation to an incident in the 75th minute of their 2-2 La Liga draw at El Madrigal when the defending champions were awarded a corner.
As Alves prepared to take the set piece a Villarreal supporter threw a banana in his direction.
Spanish police have detained the person and charged him with a 'breach of fundamental rights and civil liberties'.
Images of Alves, a Brazil international, picking up the banana and taking a bite during the La Liga match were beamed around the world and he was widely backed by fellow players and other public figures who denounced the apparent racist taunt.
A 26-year-old man was taken into custody last week before being charged and released and would be appearing before a judge at a yet-to-be-determined date, a police spokeswoman said."
Villarreal was fined 10000 by the Spanish FA
after a fan threw a banana at Dani Alves, a player of Barça. The reaction of
Alves was to eat it. And this picture is seen around the world, a lot of followers have copied it.
In my opinion this shows that racism is still
present in our lives. And we need to do something to change it. We are in a
modern times and it is unacceptable. So the action to eat the banana was the
best thing that he could do. The world is talking about it. He gets to make
publicity about this fact. We need to fight against racism and that all the
world in that moment think: we need to change it. We need to try it because
with a closed mind you can’t go so far. We can’t progress if we still having
the same opinions. We need to change the chip.
Banned: Not available
Taunt: Tease
Charged: found guilty
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