The Catalan's having been using the games of Barca, whose team motto is "Mes de un Club", as the stage for their political cry for true democracy in Spain, and so far the world has been watching.
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Before one can understand the cultural ties FC Barcelona has to Catalonia one must understand the history of both the club and Catalonia. Today's heated animosity results from Spain's Francoist era, but the roots of competition are ingrained in Spanish culture. Doubling as a history of both Spain and its soccer regional rivalry has always existed within the whole of Spain, thanks to historic centralization policies of Spanish government. Madrid was built on and sustained by the notion of centralization. Madrid has no harbor, it is not at the meeting place of two rivers, its only value is that it is central to all of Spain, in hopes to unite the regions. To preserve the pre existing regions of Spain, regional rivalries became a natural foundation of most Spanish clubs. .
Nothing illustrates this better than one of the very first meetings between the two clubs, at a mini-tournament in 1902 (Ball, Phil 21). Held to commemorate the crowning of Alfonso XIII, the tournament featured two clubs each from Madrid and Barcelona, as well as Basque club Vizcaya (Ball, 21). Barcelona beat Madrid FC (Real's name at the time) in the opening match, 3-1, and fell to Vizcaya in the final, 2-1 (Ball, 22). The story finds political significance in the "third-place match", which was hastily arranged once tournament organizers became upset that a tournament for a new Castilian monarch was being largely contested by Basques and Catalans. A trophy was even conjured and widely publicized by the media, to appease to the rival regions. Football had become an important means of cultural expression. Football games and tournaments had become a way for different Spanish regions to represent their homeland and differentiate themselves from Spain.
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Lionel Messi, a world renown soccer player who plays for FC Barcelona in Spain. ... Thus along came FC Barcelona in 2000. ... Messi is internally grateful to Barcelona even once stating that "Barcelona saved his life" which they did. ... He then three years later at the tender age of 16 would go on to make the official senior team for Barcelona. ... He has helped Barcelona win the 6 spain championships and 3 European championships. ...
Lionel Messi, a world-renown soccer player who plays for FC Barcelona in Spain. ... Thus along came FC Barcelona in 2000. ... Messi is internally grateful to Barcelona even once stating that "Barcelona saved his life" which they did. ... He then three years later at the tender age of 16 would go on to make the official senior team for Barcelona. ... He has helped Barcelona win the 6 spain championships and 3 European championships. ...
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There are different types of FGM/FC. ... Historians believe that FGM/FC was practiced in ancient Egypt. ... - The Sudanese peoples have practiced FGM/FC for thousands of years. ... Finally, the last likely motive for FGM/FC is simply pressure for compliance. ... It is a vicious cycle that perpetuates this problem of FGM/FC. ...
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