"Twelve hours after the final whistle had gone in El Classico, we were waking up to go to an honest football match. Forget the 90,000 in the Camp Nou and the hundreds of millions watching from every corner of the world, we're bored of that. It's tedious. It's overblown. It's football at a consumer level, with participants so self indulged they've turned it into a soap opera.
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After the match it was time for lunch, where there was a grill going in the rudimentary canteen, dishing out the baguettes. You don't get that at the Bernabeu. As everyone hung around in the glorious sunshine, you could feel the sense of community that just doesn't appear to exist at the highest level any more. The club doesn't even employ any match day staff; the fans themselves work the canteen, clean the stand after the match, and sell the merchandise."
Read more here:- Siemprefootball.com - Part One: The History and Siemprefootball.com - Part Two: The Match
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