If you can't beat racism eat it

Barcelona's Dani Alves reacted to having a
banana thrown at him during Sunday's dramatic
3-2 win at Villarreal by peeling it and then taking
a bite.
He was about to take a corner when the banana
landed on the pitch.
"We have suffered this in Spain for some time. You
have to take it with a dose of humour," Alves said.
"Barcelona wishes to express its complete support
and solidarity with Dani Alves following the insults
he was subject to," a club statement read.
"Barcelona urges all clubs to continue fighting
against the blight on the game which any kind of
aggression against a sportsperson on the basis of
their race represents.''
Former Barca striker Gary Lineker praised the
actions of 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, and Manchester City and Argentina
forward Sergio Aguero also displayed their
solidarity with the player by publishing
photographs of themselves eating bananas.
Compatriots Hulk, Fred and Lucas Leiva also lent
support via their social media accounts, with
Liverpool midfielder Lucas writing on Twitter:
"Congratulations on your attitude yesterday. We
are together on this fight against racism."
Tottenham and Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor
said on Twitter: "Massive respect to danid2ois,
there is no place for Racism in Football.
#saynotoracism."
Spurs duo Nacer Chadli and Moussa Dembele were
also pictured eating bananas with a message
supporting the 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.
In January 2013, he complained of racist abuse
following a Copa del Rey semi-final match against
Real Madrid.
"We aren't going to change things easily," he
added.
Referring specifically to Sunday's incident, which
took place on 75 minutes, he said: "If you don't
give it importance, they don't achieve their
objective."
Alves, 30, was involved in Barca's first two goals
as they came from 2-0 down against Villarreal to
win 3-2 at El Madrigal.
His cross was deflected into the Villarreal net by
Gabriel Armando on 65 minutes. Then another
cross was deflected home by Mateo Musacchio 13
minutes later.
Lionel Messi then sealed the comeback seven
minutes from time to reach the 40-goal mark in all
competitions for the fifth straight season.
The win leaves Gerardo Martino's Barcelona side
second in the table, four points behind leaders
Atletico Madrid and two ahead of Real Madrid.
Barca and Atletico have three matches left, but
Real, who play Bayern Munich in the Champions
League semi-finals on Tuesday, have a game in
hand. Atletico face Chelsea in the second semi-
final on Wednesday.