Barça vs Espanyol: A Catalan Class War with Extra VAR and Lukewarm Beer
Barcelona, Spain – Somewhere between the paella fumes and the Catalan independence flags flapping like forgotten laundry, 94,000 souls crammed into Camp Nou to watch a football match that doubles as a referendum on class warfare. The fixture—Barcelona versus Espanyol, the city’s “other” club—has always been billed as the Derbi Barceloní, but viewed from any…