LA LIGA: Blatter furious over Alves bananas

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has described the
act of racism directed at Barcelona defender
Dani Alves over the weekend as 'an outrage.'
During Barca's trip to Villarreal on Sunday, a
spectator threw a banana at the Brazilian just
as he was about to take a corner.
Alves responded by taking a quick bite out of
the fruit before continuing by quickly taking
the corner.
Villarreal have announced that they have
identified the culprit and banned him for life.
And now FIFA chief Blatter has made his
feelings known with a tweet which reads:
"What Dani Alves tolerated last night is an
outrage. We must fight all forms of
discrimination. Will be zero tolerance at World
Cup."
The player himself has said he is 'now used to
the abuse after 11 years in Spain' and tends to
treat such incidents 'with a dose of humour'.
Sergio Aguero of Manchester City has also
turned to Twitter to support Alves whose club
team-mate and compatriot Neymar posted a
photograph of himself on Instagram holding a
banana while writing "We are all monkeys."
And former England striker Gary Lineker has
described Alves's response as "brilliant."
The incident occurred in the 75th minute of a
match in which Barcelona fought back from
2-0 down to win 3-2.
Barcelona have applauded Villarreal for their
reaction and issued a statement saying: "We
accept that the perpetrators of these insults
are in no way connected to Villarreal and we
value very positively the support the club
offered to our player.
"The club's immediate condemnation of the
incidents is a step in the right direction to
firstly isolate and then eradicate completely
from the sporting arena this kind of
behaviour."