Spanish passion play becomes homage to Catalonia
- Published: 8 Oct 2012 at 01.49
- Online news: Sports
A gigantic mosaic in the colours of the Catalan flag 'La Senyera', spread out over Barcelona's Camp Nou, left Real Madrid players in no doubt that Sunday's El Clasico was more than just a football match.
Colours of Catalunya are displayed by football fans ahead of the Spanish League Clasico football match FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona.
Although a vital league game between Spain's top two clubs, the clash represents a fierce political tradition between the centralism of Madrid and the rights of the autonomous region of Catalonia.
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