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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sam Jones in Madrid

Defeated but proud: Madrileños brave the heat to roar on La Roja

Spain fans in the team's colours raise their fists against a blue sky
Spain fans in Madrid’s Parque de Berlín celebrate Mariona Caldentey’s 25th-minute goal. Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Despite the air-fryer temperature outside and the imminent, annual August exodus, the people of Madrid weren’t going to miss out on another opportunity to watch their national football team prove its mettle against the country that had given the world the beautiful game.

After all, recent international fixtures had not gone all that badly for them.

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