17:00, 15 March 2012

Samara police finds fan, who threw banana in direction of Roberto Carlos, Captain of "Anji" FC

In the city of Samara, the man, who threw a banana from grandstand in the direction of Roberto Carlos, Captain of the Makhachkala "Anji" FC during the match of the Russian Championship "Krylia Sovetov" FC "Anji" FC, has been identified.

Eight months later, it was revealed that the banana thrower was Vyacheslav Prokhorov, a resident of Samara. According to the security service of the "Krylia Sovetov" FC, he has admitted that he threw the banana on the field; however, he had no racist motives. According to Vyacheslav Prokhorov, he was simply unhappy with the play of the "Krylia Sovetov" football players, who missed that evening three unanswered goals, the "Sport-Express" reports.

Earlier, Sergey Pryadkin, President of the Russian Football Premier League, promised to take strict measures and stated that the legislation should be changed to regulate the work with fans, the "Gazeta.ru" reports.