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Duelists in El Clasico

Posted on December 23, 2017 in the Blog, Misc category

If there was an enduring image of today’s El Clasico it is  that of Lionel Messi celebrating his penalty. He spreads out his legs, pumps his chest  out and raises head and arms to the fans like Moses displaying the most important commandment. That the stadium, happened to be Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu  and the fans in teir vast majority home-grown and visceral tribal opponents of  FC Barcelona made the gesture defiant in itself. What made it cheeky was that it broke with Messi’s usually more modest grsture to his …

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