Dani Alves responds to racist taunt

<br />  </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">By: Associated Press</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 8pt;">Article Reprint</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">VILLARREAL, Spain — Barcelona defender <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/30901/Dani-Alves"><span style="color: #000000;">Dani Alves</span></a> responded to a racist taunt Sunday in his side’s <a href="http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/372869/report.html?soccernet=true" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">3-2</span></a> win at Villarreal <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO7NuPttZvw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">by picking up a banana</span></a> that landed at his feet, peeling and then eating it before proceeding to take a corner kick.</span></p> <div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-tumblr"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-tumblr-17051" class="share-tumblr sd-button share-icon" href="https://blacktruth.net/dani-alves-responds-to-racist-taunt/?share=tumblr" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="sharing-tumblr-17051" > <span id="sharing-tumblr-17051" hidden>Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)</span> <span>Tumblr</span> </a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-email-17051" class="share-email sd-button share-icon" href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Dani%20Alves%20responds%20to%20racist%20taunt&body=https%3A%2F%2Fblacktruth.net%2Fdani-alves-responds-to-racist-taunt%2F&share=email" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="sharing-email-17051" data-email-share-error-title="Do you have email set up?" data-email-share-error-text="If you're having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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