Well, it's El Clásico time on Monday with Spains answer to Celtic and Rangers, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Once again we are treated to the tedious faux Catalan nationalism of Barca, with Real Madrid portrayed as the love child of that great football tactician, General Franco. Don't believe me? Check out the wikipedia entry for the match history. Let me make it clear that Franco's dictatorship was barbaric and unjust. Yet he didn't make Real's success on the football field. It irks me that something as right wing as nationalism is given a free ride when it comes to Catalans. What makes Catalan nationalism better than, say, Welsh nationalism? They are both 19th century contructs, that have an us against them mentality. The fact Barca have Unicef on the shirts is seen as a great victory for charity, yet to the above left of their shirts they have the sponsors of the child labour giant Nike, where Nike pay me for this space than any other club as the Barca shirt is free of corporate cash (on the front at least).
I predict 1-0 Real.
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