Sunday, February 18, 2007

No bananas

It might seem a small thing for some, but I'd rather Madrid just stayed away from the bananas and the monkey chants in general. It'd be more fun if the fans just decked out in Star Trek outfits and screamed "Khan!" at him all game long.

I mean, it's not like the problems Italy and Argentina have right now with rioting fans, but with the history Spain has with racist chants from fans, the bananas seem like a bad idea.

Anyway, I've posted the part of the article I'm referring to here:

"But the Bernabeu for Madrid-Bayern brings it own special theatre too. Some Madridistasbehind Kahn’s goal will doubtless welcome him with bananas, as they usually do on account of what they regard as the goalkeeper’s simian appearance and gait. Kahn has long learned the Spanish for “Snowflake”. From the Bernabeu stands, the word will be bellowed at Kahn. Snowflake is the name of a late, famous albino gorilla who used to live at Barcelona zoo."

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