Soccer in Spain, the Spanish passion

Posted by julia on 08 Mar 2007 at 10:00 am | Tagged as: outdoor activites

I think every country has its local favorite sport. In the US you have your choice of football, baseball or basketball, in the UK rugby is the most common but here in Spain and most of Europe Soccer (called fútbol in spanish) is the national treasure.

Spanish men schedule appointments and work schedules around the soccer matches and get together in bars of friends houses to watch all the excitement. The two most popular teams are the Real Madrid or the Barcelona Team FCB who has as its superstar Ronaldinho who is out of this world.

You are either from Madrid or Barcelona and there is no gray line here. Sport fans take this sport very seriously and will go to any lengths to enjoy the game. I don´t care much for sports but endure the games along with my husband and son who are absolute fans.

The rules of the game are pretty straight forward, kick the ball into the net, don´t use your hands and run around trying to stop the ball from getting to the opponent. This is another one of those events that you must attend to while in Spain.. pick your team right and get into the fun.

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