Great Response to Racist Taunt: Soccer Star Eats Banana Thrown at Him

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 nothing had happened

As you can see in the video above, everything happened extremely fast: under ten seconds. But that was still enough 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...