Barcelona Brazilian player Dani Alves bananaselfie: Football players join anti-racism

  

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, left, and Italian national soccer team coach Cesare Prandelli share a banana in solidarity to Barcelona Brazilian player Dani Alves, during a ceremony in Rome, Monday, April 28, 2014. Alves, who is black, was about to take a corner in Sunday's 3-2 win at Villarreal's El Madrigal Stadium when a banana landed on the pitch in front of him. The Brazil international picked it up, peeled it and ate some of it before throwing the rest aside. 

 

 After the match, Alves said humor was the best way to combat racism in sport. That sentiment has led fellow football players, officials and even political figures from around the globe to respond with solidarity by picturing themselves eating a banana.

 

And me and my friend also took our own bananaselfie too 

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Tottenham duo Mousa Dembele and Nacer Chadli doing their bit to kic racism out of football. (Twitter: @JoshuaWynne)

  

Chelsea trio Oscar, David Luiz and Willian showed their support to their fellow Brazilian with this snap posted on Luiz's Facebook page.

 

Lucas Moura, Paris Saint-Germain midfielder, poses with a banana to support the anti-racism movement.Moura's caption: #somostodosmacacos #weareallmonkeys #somostodosmonos #totssommonos

 Italy’s Mario Balotelli joins the social media movement to combat racism in soccer. The AC Milan soccer star joins a long list of supporters.
Balotelli's caption: #WeAreAllMonkeys, #NoToRacism. Siamo tutti scimmie

 

Even Neymar’s sister, Rafaella Beckran, joined the cause by posting this photo to Instagram. Rafaella's caption: #somostodosmacacos #totssommonos #somostodosmonos #weareallmonkeys

 

Givanildo Vieira de Souza, better known as Hulk, posted this image to Instagram. The Brazilian soccer star has joined the movement to combat racism in soccer.

Hulk's caption: #SomosTodosMacacos #NãoAoRacismo Top sua atitude meu irmão @danid2ois #Parabenssssssaa less 

 

Santos soccer player Gabriel Barbosa joins the #weareallmonkeys  social media campaign to combat racism in soccer.
Barbosa's caption: #somostodosmacacos #weareallmonkeys #somostodosmonos #totssommonos less 

 

 Italy’s Mario Balotelli joins the social media movement to combat racism in soccer. The AC Milan soccer star joins a long list of supporters.

Balotelli's caption: #WeAreAllMonkeys, #NoToRacism. Siamo tutti scimmie

 

Barcelona attacker Neymar has started a social media movement to support soccer player Dani Alves and to combat racism in soccer by poking fun at the bigotry.
Neymar's caption: #somostodosmacacos #weareallmonkeys #somostodosmonos #totssommonos less 

 

Brazilian soccer player Gilberto Silva poses with the World Cup trophy holding a banana in support of Dani Alves.
Silva's caption: Let's kick out racism from the World. Vamos acabar com o racismo no mundo. less 

 

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero posted this image to support Dani Alves. The Argentinian soccer player joins a group of players, politicians, and celebrities fighting racism with a social media movement.
Aguero's caption: With my colleague Marta from Brazil we say #NoToRacism. We are all equal. less