We think similarly. I watched the last match between Spain and Italy and I did not believe it when I saw the hatred of Spain's fans pointing to Gerard Piqué. I do not know how it lasted in every game he played for Spain. It will certainly be a serious reinforcement if Catalonia get independence. Do you think that Xavi will play for Catalonia
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well we don't talk about something that can happen in the next months i think, but in the next years. Xavi does not have enough time left as a footballer for that
What everyone outside of Spain knows abouth spanish football is the big rivalry between Real and Barcelona. That is also difficult in national team because many fans don't like Pique, many others don't like Sergio Ramos, it is not like for example Germany where the national team plays and everybody gets support no matter if he plays for Bayern or Dortmund, the rivalry between Barca and Real is one of the biggest in world football.
I think for Barcelona, it would not be good to be out of La Liga, a catalunyan league would need years to grow like the spanish league, when we talk about money that comes in, TV cash, also sponsorships, they could not be as good as Real then. They could be now, but they aren't, i support Barcelona in La Liga and in Champions League, because i "fell in love" with that team many years ago, i never liked Real Madrid because when i was a kid, my team Sturm Graz was in a group with Real in champions league and of course they demolished us very badly
That was not familiar to me because as i startet to watch football as a kid Sturm Graz was in the most succesful time in the whole history, with legendary coach Ivan Osim who will be a hero forever in Graz, in the league we kicked all other teams out of the stadium, against Real i learned as a kid, that it is also possible for my team to take really heavy defeats
But i liked Roberto Carlos very much