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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Daniel Harris

La Liga, where every team plays each other home and away. Unless they’re in Miami

Miami Vice
‘You’ve got to know the rules before you can break ‘em.’ Photograph: Cine Text/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

MIAMI TWICE?

Spanish football is famed for nothing if not its integrity. Whether it’s Franco using his influence to elevate Real Madrid, in general, but with particular regard to the Di Stéfano affair; the way the government facilitated the sale of Madrid’s training ground for a gazillion euros; Barcelona conjuring then pulling their beloved levers; the way it treats the women’s game, in general but with particular regard to the Luis Rubiales affair; racism more suited to a dissertation or police report than a tea-timely email; to say nothing of the Fuentes blood bags.

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