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The Other Team
The pub-quiz question pretty much guaranteed to stump all but the most in-the-know foot-
ball geeks is: what is Barcelona's other team? The answer: RDC Espanyol, the city's peren-
nial underachievers based at the
Estadi RCD Espanyol
( 93 292 77 00;
www.rcdespanyol.com
;
Avinguda del Baix Llobrega; Cornellà Centre)
, which was built in 2009.
The Barça-Espanyol rivalry is one of the most one-sided and divisive in football. While FC
Barcelona is traditionally associated with Catalan nationalism, Espanyol is usually identi-
fied with Spanish immigrants from other parts of the country. Then there's the trophy haul:
currently standing at Barcelona 79, Espanyol 4.
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