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Real Madrid's Karim Benzema shoots to score a penalty against Deportivo Alaves during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Deportivo Alaves at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Friday, July 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Madrid beats Alavés 2-0 for 8th straight win in title march

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2015, file photo, Fiorentina's Giuseppe Rossi celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during a Europa League group I soccer match against Belenenses at the Restelo stadium in Lisbon. Rossi has signed with Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake, 21 months after his last competitive match. The 33-year-old from Clifton, N.J., had spent his entire professional career in Europe after moving when he was 12 to join Parma's youth academy, but he has been derailed by five major knee injuries. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

RSL striker Giuseppe Rossi coping in unfamiliar surroundings

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

In this photo released by Villarreal Club de Futbol on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, Giuseppe Rossi laces up his sneakers during a training with Spanish club Villarreal, Spain. The 32-year old Rossi, the American-born striker who played for the Italian national team before a series of injuries slowed his career, is back at Villarreal, the Spanish club where he thrived in his prime. (Villareal F.C via AP)

AP Interview: Rossi back home in Spain for another comeback

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal against Getafe during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Bale keeps Madrid ahead; Messi gets his 500th goal for Barca

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

800 defend fan who taunted Alves with banana

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FC Barcelona's Neymar, from Brazil, right, and Daniel Alves, from Brazil, arrive for a religious ceremony at Barcelona Cathedral for late former FC Barcelona's coach Tito Vilanova in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, April 28, 2014. FC Barcelona announced on their web page Friday April 25, 2014, that Vilanova had died Friday following a long battle with throat cancer. He was 45. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Banana-thrower arrested for racial insult on Alves

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FC Barcelona's Neymar, from Brazil, right, and Daniel Alves, from Brazil, arrive for a religious ceremony at Barcelona Cathedral for late former FC Barcelona's coach Tito Vilanova in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, April 28, 2014. FC Barcelona announced on their web page Friday April 25, 2014, that Vilanova had died Friday following a long battle with throat cancer. He was 45. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Banana-thrower seized for racial insult on Alves

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Italian premier Matteo Renzi, left, and Italian national soccer team coach Cesare Prandelli share a banana in solidarity to Barcelona Brazilian player Dani Alves, during a ceremony in Rome, Monday, April 28, 2014. Alves, who is black, was about to take a corner in Sunday's 3-2 win at Villarreal's El Madrigal Stadium when a banana landed on the pitch in front of him. The Brazil international picked it up, peeled it and ate some of it before throwing the rest aside. After the match, Alves said humor was the best way to combat racism in sport. That sentiment has led fellow football players, officials and even political figures from around the globe to respond with solidarity by picturing themselves eating a banana. (AP Photo/Roberto Monaldo, Lapresse) ITALY OUT

Dani Alves eats banana in response to racist taunt

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Alves gets support after racist banana taunt

By PAUL LOGOTHETIS - Associated Press