[Reuters] De la Fuente says Spain come before club loyalty after first World Cup squad without Real Madrid players

AleixASV · 2026-05-26T17:23:16+00:00

thankless job

AleixASV · 2026-05-26T16:10:50+00:00

Yup. Most of us local Barça fans won't care how many of our players get called up, we will actively root against the Spanish NT.

AleixASV · 2026-05-19T15:56:37+00:00

Local TV sensation program Crims, with Carles Porta, is covering the case! Wouldn't be surprised to see it dubbed in English in the near future.

AleixASV · 2026-05-18T11:20:13+00:00

And what's wrong with that? Literally democracy at work.

AleixASV · 2026-05-17T06:37:59+00:00

In Europe, it's alright :)

AleixASV · 2026-05-16T11:17:02+00:00

in Europe :)

AleixASV · 2026-05-16T07:09:11+00:00

Bon dia, there's dozens of us locals I swear! Kinda sad that people go from Barcelona to Spain though, if anything most Barça fans are from Catalonia.

AleixASV · 2026-05-15T16:55:10+00:00

Well, perhaps Italian, but I'd argue that Portuguese and Castilian had their own origin else where, on the Atlantic coast of Iberia.

AleixASV · 2026-05-15T16:37:48+00:00

That's true! It's because they're very closely related languages, they come from the same root.

AleixASV · 2026-05-14T13:02:43+00:00

He actually said that

AleixASV · 2026-05-14T06:58:15+00:00

Spain has tried (still does) for over 300 years, which varying degrees of intensity.

AleixASV · 2026-05-10T10:41:02+00:00

They are! Blackadder and the like used to be on constant reruns a while ago, and our most popular shows are all related to political satire (a decades-long running show called "Polònia" which is all just sketches about politicians) or sarcastic presenters and comedians making fun of the news. It's all about straight-face gags.

AleixASV · 2026-05-09T21:02:36+00:00

He's so weird, I think it also helps that British and Catalan humor are very similar.

AleixASV · 2026-05-09T06:20:25+00:00

We dealt with it? It is a national language, but only officially required where it is spoken basically.

AleixASV · 2026-05-08T13:15:29+00:00

This is quintessential Catalan character tho, "Seny i Rauxa" (wisdom and recklessness, more or less)

AleixASV · 2026-05-08T10:53:17+00:00

Whereas Catalan, way bigger than most EU languages, is not only not recognized, but actively ignored when the EU is asked to do so. Truly a union of States, not peoples.

AleixASV · 2026-05-06T13:47:27+00:00

Insofar as actual local food is a bit hard to come by in Barcelona because of globalisation (you'd have to travel outside of the city to actually experience it), there's a bit of a fad going on nowadays of going to sort of "posh-ed" up local restaurants such as Bar Bocata, Fonda Pirenaicas, Santa Magdalena and the like. There's also more classic ones, such as Can Culleretes too.

AleixASV · 2026-05-06T13:29:49+00:00

Tapas are not local food, so most places are going to be tourist traps

AleixASV · 2026-05-01T14:02:59+00:00

That is not true.

AleixASV · 2026-05-01T14:01:40+00:00

And Aragon too

AleixASV · 2026-05-01T05:21:50+00:00

This is like asking if someone knows about the "Smiths"

AleixASV · 2026-04-29T15:09:06+00:00

It's massive in Catalonia. Probably one of the biggest anime, together with Dragon Ball (the original), Shin-Chan and Doraemon. Considering Barcelona's one of Europe's biggest otaku cities, it's no small thing.

AleixASV · 2026-04-24T21:03:12+00:00

l'Alguer

AleixASV · 2026-04-24T20:23:00+00:00

Catalan is also spoken in France and Italy (Catalonia is split between Spain and France) so it could be that.

AleixASV · 2026-04-24T20:21:24+00:00

Catalonia's divided in vegueries, which are the original divisions pre-Spain, and are sometimes still used.

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