SENEGALESE FOOTBALLER FAMARA DIEDHIOU decided to wade into the fightback against racism and earned a yellow card for his troubles.
Diedhiou was thrown a banana by a teammate on the sideline after he scored a penalty for his French third division side Gazélec Ajaccio. He took a bite out of the banana but was booked by referee Luke Hamel.
Footballer yellow-carded for eating banana in goal-scoring celebration
SENEGALESE FOOTBALLER FAMARA DIEDHIOU decided to wade into the fightback against racism and earned a yellow card for his troubles.
Diedhiou was thrown a banana by a teammate on the sideline after he scored a penalty for his French third division side Gazélec Ajaccio. He took a bite out of the banana but was booked by referee Luke Hamel.
The celebration was a nod to Dani Alves’ gesture when a Villareal supporter threw the fruit at him. The Barcelona defender responded by taking a mouthful of banana and resuming with his corner kick duties. Alves’ remarkably calm reaction sparked a social media campaign, which declared #SomoTodosMacaos [We Are All Monkeys].
The bright note for the Senegalese striker is that his penalty proved the match-winner.
Here is a video of the goal, celebration and booking:
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