Barca and Real hold out for a Super League to help with money woes
Spanish rivals believe the idea of a new league is the only way forward for them
28 April 2021 - 16:57
New York — The animosity between Spain’s two biggest and most successful soccer clubs cuts through civil war, dictatorship and identity politics off the field, and bitter competition for global stars on it.
After midfielder Luis Figo defected to Real Madrid in 2000, Barcelona fans famously threw a pig’s head onto the pitch when he was taking a corner kick. More recently, Barcelona president Joan Laporta provocatively plastered his face on a billboard near Real’s stadium this year that read “hoping to meet again” as part of his election campaign...
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