After seeing the real thing, daring to dream of an ‘El Clasico’ in the Philippines

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Madrid, Spain — Philippine sports fans may be familiar with the ‘Manila Clasico’, the clash between two heavyweight basketball teams in the Philippine Basketball Association .The monicker is a massive hit with fans, many of whom had pledged allegiances to the massively popular Ginebra and Purefoods franchises.

To be fair, football in Spain and Europe is far from perfect. Racism has reared its ugly head time and again. To try and combat this, La Liga has launched a La Liga VS campaign, which aims to stamp out among other things, racism, homophobia and bullying. In the aftermath of this ‘El Clasico’, three fans were arrested for racial insults aimed at two visiting Barcelona players.

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