Banana throwing culprit identified

Arsenal have revealed that a German teenager threw a banana onto the Emirates pitch in Brazil’s 2-0 win over Scotland on Sunday.

Scottish supporters were accused of throwing the banana by Brazilian starlet Neymar, who scored both goals in the friendly international and claimed to have been the target of the attack.

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) defended their fans, and it has now been revealed that the banana thrower was a German tourist.

An Arsenal statement read: “After consultation with the Metropolitan Police, Arsenal Football Club can confirm that a German teenage tourist has admitted throwing a banana onto the pitch during the Brazil v Scotland International Friendly at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.”

“The youngster was sitting in the North Bank of Emirates Stadium, an area of the stadium which was occupied by the official allocation of tickets to Brazil supporters, when he threw the banana on to the pitch during the second half of the match.”

The Police commander at Sunday’s match, Mark Sheeran, praised the behaviour of the Scottish contingent.

“The Scottish fans’ behaviour was first class,” Sheeran said. “There were no issues at all inside the stadium.”

After the match, 19-year-old Neymar told a Brazilian television station he was disappointed with the treatment he had received.

“This atmosphere of racism is totally sad,” he said. “We leave our country to play here and something like this happens.”

“They were jeering me a lot, even when I was about to kick the penalty the entire stadium was jeering.”

“It’s sad. I would rather not even talk about it, to keep the subject from escalating.”

The SFA said it will contact the Brazilian Football Federation to voice their supporters’ unhappiness at the allegations of racism.