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Originally Posted by Flyingpig437
i think it was the players on other teams. and the reason? Well, they had a choice. kick the **** out of him or lose.  |
Some players. Or more precisely, a player from
Athletic Bilbao.
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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
Play badly and they have faced a backlash over the years that went way beyond footballing criticism.
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That happens everywhere, and for many possible reasons. For instance, imagine a footballer you intensely hate just because he plays in your team's rival League club. One day you find an excuse to criticize him, but instead of doing it in strictly sport terms, you prefer to mess with him
joking about his physical appearance.
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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
Catalunya is predominantly left wing anyway largely in response to Madrid, but most of the cynicism directed to Maradona was directed by them anyway and poltics just didn`t come into it.
There is a backlash against them yes in football terms but not in racial this is the point being made in this example.
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That's a chaotic mixture of many things. Sorry, but I don't understand you. I didn't refer to nationalist points of view but to the general political leanings of the Spanish press. To emphasize that those supposed xenophobic or racist attitudes you mentioned would be very frowned upon among the mainstream media.