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|title=El Clasico - Barcelona v Real Madrid: Football's Greatest Rivalry

|author=Richard Fitzpatrick

|publisher=Bloomsbury

|date=August 2012

|summary=This is a rare football book in that the football takes a back seat. It's wider in scope than the norm and much the better for it, being well written and fascinating.

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Nothing divides opinion quite like football and no-one expresses their joy and disappointment like football fans. For many fans, the most important matches of their entire season are the ones against their local rivals; the derby matches. English football has a number of these, but only the matches between Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain have elevated themselves above mere derby status and earned their own name: ''El Clásico'' – the Classic.