El clasico
Subtitle: Barcelona v Real Madrid : football's greatest rivalry
By: Richard Fitzpatrick
Publisher: A. & C. Black; Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781408158791
Subjects: History; Sports rivalries; Soccer; Futbol Club Barcelona; Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Description: Barcelona and Real Madrid: two of the most powerful and popular clubs in world football, and one of the world's most bitter sporting rivalries. Going far beyond the boundaries of just sport alone, this is a rivalry at the heart of Spanish life, taking in politics and culture and splitting a country in two. El Clasico gets to the heart of that rivalry, investigating the intrigue, the larger-than-life characters, the key flashpoints and their consequences. From civil war bloodshed to 40 years of fascism and links with General Franco, the clubs' shared history is the stuff of a Robert Harris novel and includes: murdered presidents from both clubs, player kidnappings, acts of hooliganism - and that's before you start thinking of the volatile football matches themselves.
Notes: Includes index.