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Life In Spanish Football

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Page 1: Atletico Madrid !! Atletico and Real Madrid are rival teams in the Madrid Derby. Atleti (Atltico Madrids nickname) have a terrible recent record in the

Life In Spanish Football

Page 2: Atletico Madrid !! Atletico and Real Madrid are rival teams in the Madrid Derby. Atleti (Atltico Madrids nickname) have a terrible recent record in the

Atletico Madrid !!Atletico and Real Madrid are rival teams in the Madrid Derby.

Atleti (Atltico Madrid’s nickname) have a terrible recent record in the Madrid derby, Real Madrid usually come out on top.

Under Flores, Atletico won their first European trophy since 1962 when they beat Fulham 2-1 in the Europa League final, and they also reached the final of the Copa del Rey, losing to Sevilla.

Gregorio Manzano replaced Flores after an average 2010-11 season but had little success and now former player Diego Simeone is the man in charge.

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REAL BETISReal Betis is a Spanish football club based in Seville. Founded on 12 September 1907, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio Benito Villamarín. Among other titles, the club – who holds the distinction of being the first from the region to compete in La Liga – won the top division league in 1935, adding two Copa del Rey trophies.

Both the King of Spain Juan Carlos I and his son Prince Felipe de Borbon are honorary members of the club.

Maintaining an historic city rivalry with Sevilla FC, its motto is Viva er Betis manque pierda! ("Long live Betis even when they lose

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Seville!

Seville loves soccer and they have a pretty good team. The league that they are in is the la liga which is one of best leagues in the world!There rivals are Real Betis. Sevilles stadium is the Estadio Olimpio de La Cartaja. Seville won there first league title in 1946. Sevilles stadium was in the 1982 FIFA world cup.

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BARCELONAThe football club Barcelona are one of the most successful clubs in the world. The founder Joan Gamper was from England. Barcelona was born on 29/11/1899(113 years ago).There stadium is Camp Nou and the capacity is 99,354.There rivals are Real MadridThe rivalry between the two teams is very big.It is neck and neck in the league.Who will win this year?

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REAL MADRID

Real Madrid is one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football. Real Madrid has won 31 La Liga titles, 18 Copa del Reys, 8 Spanish super cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte, 1 Copa del la Liga. The word ‘REAl’ in the clubs name is the spanish term for Royal and was given by the king Alfonso x111 in 1920 together with royal crown in the crest.

Real Madrids nickname is Los Blancos.

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VALENCIA

In the year 1919 in the centre of a Torino bar the idea of creating a football team was created. The president was decided by a toss of a coin and Valencia FC was formed in 1919. The first match Valencia played was in Castellon on the 21st of May 1919 . Valencia lost 1-0. The tickets were 25c(very expensive back then!)In 1923 Valencia FC won the Regional championships and could enter the Spanish cup for the first time in their History!

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By Eoghan Horgan, Dylan Coughlan & Mark Cleary!!!