Luther Blissett: I never had to buy fruit... they threw so many 気が狂って! Ex-Watford man 支援するs players supporting Dani Alves

Luther Blissett has 賞賛するd football 星/主役にするs’ support for Dani Alves after the Barcelona defender ate a 白人指導者べったりの東洋人 that was thrown at him during a match on Sunday.


The former England and Watford striker said he いつかs had to 選ぶ a ‘pile of 気が狂って’ off the 味方する of the pitch, and he felt 孤立するd as a 犠牲者 of 人種差別主義者 乱用 in the 1970s and ’80s.

星/主役にするs such as Mario Balotelli and Sergio Aguero have shown their support for Alves by 地位,任命するing pictures of themselves eating 気が狂って on social マスコミ, 反して Blissett, now 56, was 大部分は met by a 塀で囲む of silence whenever he 答える/応じるd to 人種差別主義者 taunts.

Backed: Luther Blissett has praised players who supported Dani Alves following racist abuse

支援するd: Luther Blissett has 賞賛するd players who supported Dani Alves に引き続いて 人種差別主義者 乱用

Head on: Barca's Alves had a banana thrown at him at the weekend and chose to eat it in retaliation

長,率いる on: Barca's Alves had a 白人指導者べったりの東洋人 thrown at him at the 少しの kend and chose to eat it in 報復

Blissett told Sportsmail: ‘I think the way the football world has 反応するd is a 大規模な 肯定的な. People can 率直に speak up and support each other and that speaks 容積/容量s for the way football has 改善するd over the years.

‘It was so different for me. I felt very 孤立するd. You were 一般に the only one. Your team-mates were very nice about it but they weren’t on the same 味方する of that 乱用.

‘Your family wouldn’t be at every game and they were the only ones who really understood. You just had to を取り引きする it on your own most of the time. I can 完全に understand Alves’s reaction. There were times I used to collect a pile of 気が狂って or other pieces of fruit together and put them on the 味方する of the pitch, or take a bite and say, “Have you got any more? It will save me buying fruit this week”.

‘Unfortunately it’s the reality that this nonsense still goes on in some football grounds around the world.

Countrymen: Chelsea's Brazilian stars Oscar, David Luiz and Willian had their say on the incident

Countrymen: Chelsea's Brazilian 星/主役にするs Oscar, David Luiz and Willian had their say on the 出来事/事件


Banana skin: Neymar
Biting back: Alves' girlfriend Thaissa Carvalho (centre( posted a picture of her and others eating bananas with the hashtag #saynotoracism

抗議する: Neymar (left) and Alves' girlfriend (権利) 地位,任命するd pictures of themselves with 気が狂って after the match

‘You just think, “What age are we in? Why are there still these ignorant people around who believe it’s 承認する to do this?” ’

Alves, 30, said he has been surprised by the level of support he has received に引き続いて Barcelona’s 3-2 勝利,勝つ at Villarreal, but said the Valencian club’s 決定/判定勝ち(する) to give the 有罪の fan a lifetime 禁止(する) was not 十分な 罰. Alves called for the fan 伴う/関わるd to be 公然と shamed.

Alves told Brazil’s 無線で通信する Globo: ‘If I could, I would put a photo of the fan on the internet so that he would be shamed. There is 人種差別主義 against foreigners. They sell the country as 存在 first world but in 確かな things they are very backward.’

Blissett also called on football’s 治める/統治するing 団体/死体s to do more to help stamp out 人種差別主義.

He said: ‘When are the football 当局 really going to clamp 負かす/撃墜する on this? People need to realise it’s a 罪,犯罪. It’s not just a bit of banter. It’s time now for 治める/統治するing 団体/死体s to stop talking and 行為/法令/行動する.’

We're all the same: Philippe Coutinho and Luis Suarez show their support for Alves with the banana protest

We're all the same: Philippe Coutinho and Luis Suarez show their support for Alves with the 白人指導者べったりの東洋人 抗議する

Tired of bigotry: Arsenal full back Bacary Sagna relaxes with a banana in support of Alves

Tired of bigotry: 兵器庫 十分な 支援する Bacary Sagna relaxes with a 白人指導者べったりの東洋人 in support of Alves

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