Fan throws banana at Roberto Carlos during match, Brazilian leaves field in protest

In the final minutes of the Matchday 15 game between Krylia Sovetov Samara and Anzhi Makhachkala in the Russian Premier League an unknown fan threw a banana from the stands at Anzhi defender Roberto Carlos.

The Brazilian was near the sideline when the banana was thrown from the Western stand of the Metallurg Stadium. In response to that Roberto Carlos left the field, though Anzhi have already used all three substitutions by then.

«Unfortunately, this thrown banana in the end of the game has left an equally sharp impression as the pleasure that our victory gave us. Such things may only cause indignation, you can’t be indifferent to them,» said Gadzhi Gadzhiev, head coach of Anzhi.

«Roberto Carlos is one of the greatest football players who arrived to Russia to raise the level of the tournament and the interest to the game. He was offended in an absolutely shameless way. We can not stand such things, such a racist trick. The punishment will be as severe as possible,» stated Sergey Fursenko, head of the Russian FA, according to Sovetsky Sport.

It is already the second time Roberto Carlos suffers from racist abuse. In March, before the Matchday 2 game between Zenit and Anzhi (2:0), one of the fans at St. Petersburg Petrovsky Stadium was pictured offering the defender a banana.