Flat Earth: Barca mad
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So deep is the affection, he claims, that a friend who is Catalan, and therefore a fanatical Barcelona devotee, told him on the eve of the Barca- Manchester United match that she had decided to support Man U that night. Clearly the fraternal spirit permeated on to the pitch, where the score was 3-3, just as it had been in the earlier Champions' League meeting at Old Trafford.
I am disappointed to report that all this generous feeling was not reciprocated by a Mancunian to whom I told this story. "Barca are playing so badly at the moment that they might just as well support us," he snorted.
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