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May 4 Champions Europe A Tale of Two Cities Madrid Barcelona All narrations From Madrid, the capital of the Kingdom of Castile, the predecessor of Spain, to our lives

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Madrid, the capital of Spain’s predecessor, the Kingdom of Castile, is the center and pinnacle of the entire Iberian Peninsula. It is a symbol of orthodoxy and royalty, overlooking this land proudly; Barcelona, ??with a longer history , according to legend, in the age of myth, the people of Poseidon, the sea king, transformed into Catalans. Barcelona does not seem to belong to this continent, because she is a free harbor and a child of the sea. Before the Spaniards began to regain their lost lands in the 15th century, Madrid and Barcelona just looked at each other calmly. In 1473, the iron hooves of the Royal Army of Madrid finally extended their tentacles to the free port-Barcelona. The Catalans expressed their surrender to Madrid with tears in their eyes, but the whip in the hands of the Castilians was still mercilessly whipped at them. Due to the constant confrontation between Madrid and Barcelona, ??the entire Iberia also entered a long dark night.

It was not until the 1930s, under the leadership of Barcelona, ??that Spain's economy gradually recovered. But the two cities of Madrid and Barcelona are still at odds, and no one can resolve them. At the end of the 19th century, football was introduced to Spain. On November 29, 1899, Swiss Hans Gamper founded FC Barcelona in a gym called "The Sun". Three years later, Madrid Club was born. Different from the civilian football in Catalonia, and different from the shouts of the miners on the sidelines of Andalusia, Madrid football has grown in a hotbed far away from poverty from the first day of her birth. From that moment on, the rivalry between Castilians and Catalans began to appear on the football field.

When the sun rises, a city sets off in the dawn.

When the sun sets, another city returns in the night.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times;

It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of ignorance;

That was faith period, it was a period of doubt;

It was a season of light, it was a season of darkness;

It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair;

We have everything, we have nothing;

We are all heading straight for victory, we are all heading in the opposite direction;

From the past to the present, from the present to the present Go back in time.

That was Di Stefano’s era, that was Cruyff’s era,

That was Zidane’s year, that was Messi’s year,< /p>

This is the period of Guardiola and Mourinho, this is the period of Madrid and Barcelona,

Is this the melancholy of white, or the passion of red and blue.

A hundred years ago, the flag of youth was flying at the place where the dream began. It was the countless glory of the twin cities recorded in history.

A hundred years later, the stars will illuminate the night skies of the two cities. It is the glory of victory that guides the two cities to move forward.

For a hundred years, Madrid and Barcelona have tried their best to surpass each other.

How many heroes have become famous all over the world while chasing each other, and how many young people have grown old while chasing each other. The story of the Twin Cities will never end, because their nature is called tenacity and their courage is called bravery. And their belief is called never give up.

Isn’t this the same in our lives?

The following is the full version (the middle includes the confrontation records of the two teams in various historical periods)

Madrid, the predecessor of Spain The capital of the Kingdom of Styria, the center and pinnacle of the entire Iberian Peninsula, it is a symbol of orthodoxy and royalty, overlooking this land proudly; Barcelona has a longer history. According to legend, in the mythical era, the sea king Poseidon The people became Catalans. Barcelona does not seem to belong to this continent, because she is a free harbor and a child of the sea. Before the Spaniards began to regain their lost lands in the 15th century, Madrid and Barcelona just looked at each other calmly. In 1473, the iron hooves of the Royal Army of Madrid finally extended their tentacles to the free port-Barcelona. The Catalans expressed their surrender to Madrid with tears in their eyes, but the whip in the hands of the Castilians was still mercilessly whipped at them. Due to the constant confrontation between Madrid and Barcelona, ??the entire Iberia also entered a long dark night.

It was not until the 1930s, under the leadership of Barcelona, ??that Spain's economy gradually recovered. But the two cities of Madrid and Barcelona are still at odds, and no one can resolve them. At the end of the 19th century, football was introduced to Spain. On November 29, 1899, Swiss Hans Gamper founded FC Barcelona in a gym called "The Sun". Three years later, Madrid Club was born. Different from the civilian football in Catalonia, and different from the shouts of the miners on the sidelines of Andalusia, Madrid football has grown in a hotbed far away from poverty from the first day of her birth. From that moment on, the rivalry between Castilians and Catalans began to appear on the football field.

At that time, Spain had not yet held a national league, only the Spanish Cup held by the royal family. Madrid won the championship for the first time in 1905 and won the championship for the next three consecutive years, earning the right to permanently retain the trophy.

In 1920, Madrid Club was awarded the title of Royal by the Spanish royal family and has since been promoted to a powerful team in European football. On May 20, 1922, Barcelona's first main stadium, the Cathedral Stadium, was officially completed and put into use. The stadium also witnessed Barcelona's first glorious period - before the start of the Spanish League, they had won eight Spanish Cups.

From 1928 to 1929, the first season of the Spanish League was launched, and 10 teams including Barcelona and Real Madrid began to write the immortal legend of La Liga. The first season of the league was a competition between Barcelona and Madrid. In the penultimate round of the league, the two teams tied with 23 points. Under strong pressure, the Barcelona boys went to Madrid. At home in Madrid, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 1-0 and won its first Spanish League championship; the 0-1 loss at home has become an eternal pain in Real Madrid's heart. Because time will never come back, history will always record that the first La Liga championship trophy will always belong to Barcelona. Lost a goal, lost a championship, and even lost the selfish arrogance of the Castilians. For the next 10 years, Real Madrid never won the La Liga title. It was not until the introduction of the famous player Chamorra that they won the championship for the first time in the 1931-32 season; Real Madrid successfully defended the title the next year.

On Sunday, June 21, 1936, Real Madrid ushered in the best opportunity for revenge. Valencia's Mestalla Stadium ushered in the King's Cup final. At that time, the Mestalla Stadium had a capacity of only 15,000 people, but in the end about 20,000 people entered the stadium to watch the game. It was the first final meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ??and it was also the last game that Real Madrid's legendary goalkeeper Chamorra participated in. In the 86th minute of the game, Barcelona player Esquera shot. Chamorra flew to save in a cloud of dust and held the ball firmly. In the end, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 2-1. After the game, Chamorra raised the King's Cup on behalf of Real Madrid. After that tournament, the golden age of the Spanish Cup and League came to an abrupt end because Spain began another civil war. During Franco's reign, the two cities received completely different treatments: Because Real Madrid was the face of the Spanish royal family, it received great economic and policy attention. In that astonishing Copa del Rey semi-final in 1943, Barcelona players felt pressure from all aspects and eventually lost the game by a disparity of 11 to 1. The exaggerated score caused the presidents of the two clubs to resign. The new president of Real Madrid was Santiago Bernabeu, Barcelona's eternal rival (because Real Madrid's home stadium was later named after him).

But what is gratifying is that Barcelona has become a great team again with special spiritual support. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1949 and won 21 Catalan Cup championships, 9 Spanish Cup championships, and 4 league championships. As of 1950, Real Madrid had only won two league championships. In June of the same year, Kubala, a descendant of Gypsies with long hair, rejected the temptation of Madrid's high salary and joined Barcelona. In the 195-52 season, Barcelona became the top five players in the league, Spanish Cup, Latin Cup, Martin Cup and Rossi Cup. The crown king was very prosperous for a while.

In 1952, Real Madrid also celebrated its 50th anniversary. The opponent invited on the day of the celebration was the Millionaires team from Colombia. In this game, an Argentinian young man named Stefano fully demonstrated his skills. His skillful dribbling, smooth dribbling and sharp shooting stunned the Spaniards, who vividly called him the "golden arrow". Barcelona first contacted him and quickly signed a transfer contract. At that time, the Colombian Football Association and the International Football Association were in the midst of fierce conflicts and quarrels. All contracts related to the Colombian Football Association were considered invalid by the International Football Association. Real Madrid was aware of the chaos in the Colombian Football Association, so it signed a transfer contract with River Plate and then demanded the ownership of Di Stefano. The dispute between the two sides continued to escalate, and finally reached the Royal Court of Arbitration for Sport, which made a decision and ruled that Di Stefano should play for Real Madrid and Barcelona for two years each. But the arrogant Barcelona people were unwilling to share a player with Real Madrid. Barcelona simply gave up all purchase rights, and Real Madrid finally got the "golden arrow."

The fate of Madrid and Barcelona has quietly turned around with Di Stefano. In 1954, Real Madrid finally regained the La Liga championship after 21 years, and won the league championship again in 1955. In the same year, UEFA established the first European Champions Cup, and Real Madrid represented Spain in the competition. Unexpectedly, they were out of control and won the first five European Champions Cups in one fell swoop. In the semi-finals of 1960, they won with a score of 6 to 2. Eliminate archrival Barcelona. This record of five consecutive Champions League titles has yet to be broken by any team. These five championships also established Real Madrid's historical status as the world's number one in one fell swoop. Since then, Real Madrid has become synonymous with "the greatest football club in the world" and has become the ultimate dream that countless players strive for and strive for throughout their lives.

In the era when white dominated Europe, Barcelona was not without power to fight back.

Kubala played for Barcelona for 11 years from 1951 to 1961, winning four league titles, five cup titles, and two UEFA Cups. Due to the team's outstanding performance, the capacity of the Cathedral Stadium is far from meeting the needs of fans. So the club began to open a new stadium in 1957, and the name of the club was called Camp Nou. But unfortunately, from the 1960s, bad luck began to plague Barcelona. It all started with the Champions League final in 1961: Although Di Stefano's aging caused Real Madrid to begin to decline in the European arena, the most dramatic game in the history of the European Champions Cup still prevented Barcelona from getting involved in the final. champion. Although Barca were more talented than their rivals Benfica and took the lead early on. However, the usually steady goalkeeper made many serious mistakes during the game: an own goal, and being blinded by the sun, which "helped" his opponent lead 3-1. But Barcelona then controlled the situation on the field and pulled a goal back. No one would doubt that Barcelona would catch up or even overtake, but Barcelona hit the post three times in the last 15 minutes. Including Kubala's last kick before the end of the game hit the post, the ball bounced to the goalkeeper, and then hit the other post. Bad luck prevented the team from rewriting the score in the end. In history, fate has never been so unfair to a team. The best team in the world was so close to the championship, but ended up with nothing.

This defeat greatly damaged the team's vitality: Kubala chose to retire; Barcelona's first footballer Suarez went to Italy, creating the "big international" era of Inter Milan; Barcelona's In the following 10 years, he only won 3 championships. In the past 10 years of Real Madrid, Chairman Bernabeu gradually introduced Kopa, Puskas, Canario and others. This made Real Madrid's recruitment ideas gradually clear and became the golden rule that subsequent generations of Real Madrid executives have always followed - buy expensive. Players, but they must be worth the money; buy young players, but they must have potential. In 2010, Real Madrid once again won 5 league championships, 1 King's Cup and 1 European Champions Cup. Gento became the only player in history to win 6 European Champions Cups. As the history of football gradually enters the era of tactics and utilitarianism, the artistic and lively football methods of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the 1950s and 1960s, such as the 5-forward and WM formation, have been difficult to help teams achieve success in European competitions. Victory, we can only recall the artistic football of the past that only pursued offense on black and white film.

In the 1970s, Barcelona summoned the father of total offense and total defense, the Dutch coach Michels. He then summoned his favorite disciple, the legendary figure in Dutch football history John K. Ruif. The Dutchman made Barcelona great again: the year Cruyff arrived, the club won the league title on its 75th anniversary. Especially on February 17, 1974, Barcelona defeated its opponent 5-0 at Real Madrid's home court. 4 million people across Spain, including the highest officials, witnessed this game, which was regarded by Barcelona fans as "Barcelona Forever". Trophy" game, which plunged the whole of Madrid into loneliness. Since then, Cruyff has closely linked his life to Barcelona.

On June 2, 1978, the 83-year-old Bernabeu chairman of Real Madrid was struck down by cancer. The greatest chairman in football history and a great hero who dedicated his long 67 years of life to Real Madrid The departure of Real Madrid has entered a period of pain. The league title race was lost to Real Sociedad at the last minute, while Real Madrid, who had finally reached the final in the European competition, was ultimately destroyed by a goal from Liverpool's Alan Kennedy. They suffered a huge psychological blow due to the defeat of the Champions League. Real Madrid, who had expected to win the third tier, could only be left empty-handed in 1981.

After Barcelona won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1979 and the King's Cup in 1981 and 1983, the road ahead was not smooth sailing. Maradona, who was bought at a sky-high price at the time, was not in harmony with the club and did not achieve the desired results. And releasing Mexican Hugo Sanchez to Madrid was a huge mistake. All the conflicts in Barcelona finally broke out after losing the Champions League final in 1986. After 120 minutes of boring fighting, neither side scored a goal. In the exchange of penalty kicks, the opponent's goalkeeper incredibly saved the shots of all Barcelona players. That scene was like a reappearance of the curse of hitting the goalpost three times in the 1961 final. The authority of coach Vina Bols was questioned and he soon resigned, leaving Barcelona with a good situation once again.

Beginning in 1986, the Dutchman Benhakke became the head coach of Real Madrid. His "Real Madrid Five Eagles" were the most terrifying offensive combination in Spain and even Europe at that time. With their joint efforts, Real Madrid won the La Liga championship for five consecutive seasons from 1986 to 1990, achieving the second five consecutive league championships in the club's history. In 1989, under the personal auspices of Cruyff, FC Barcelona established the La Masia Youth Training Camp. On April 5, 1990, Barcelona relied on goals from Amor and Salinas to defeat Real Madrid 2-0 in the Copa del Rey final, announcing the birth of the Dream Team.

It was after that season that they won almost every honor they could win, including winning the coveted Champions League trophy at Wembley in 1992. This victory made the entire Barcelona and even Catalonia Ronia boiled.

In the same year, Spain's only Olympic Games was held in Barcelona. The 1992 Barcelona Olympics marked that Barcelona overwhelmed Madrid in all aspects such as politics, economy, and world influence. The failure to host an Olympic Games so far has become an eternal pain in the heart of the city of Madrid.

During those years, Real Madrid could not raise its head at all, so there was a saying among Barcelona fans: "White clouds will occasionally cover the blue sky, but the blue sky will always tower above the white clouds." famous quotes. That team, which was a perfect blend of local Catalan players and foreign players, was honored by history as the "Dream Team" and became Barcelona's eternal pride. But no matter how beautiful the dream is, there will be a day when you wake up - in 1994, Barcelona once again entered the Champions League final, but was beaten 4-0 by AC Milan; in the same year, Valdano, who returned to Real Madrid, promoted the young Raul from Barcelona. The talented star Laudrop was hired, and these are considered important means to subvert Barcelona.

At the Bernabeu on January 7, 1995, Zamorano's hat trick helped Real Madrid humiliate Barcelona 5-0, and the La Liga championship that had been on the back burner for four years returned to the Bernabeu. In 1996, due to personality conflicts and health reasons, Cruyff left Barcelona and faded out of football. White clouds once again covered the blue sky. In 1998, Real Madrid relied on an offensive line composed of Suker, Mijatovic and Raul to meet the Italian giant Juventus in the Champions League final. Mijatovic's goal helped Real Madrid win and win the Big Ears Cup for the seventh time in the team's history. After 32 years, the best club of the century has finally achieved a great revival.

In 2000, Del Bosque, who spent his entire playing career at Real Madrid, became Real Madrid's coach. In the Champions League final at the end of the season, Real Madrid won the first derby final in history, winning 3-0. Easily defeated Valencia, also from Spain, and won the Champions League for the eighth time. Shortly after winning the championship, construction tycoon Florentino defeated his predecessor Sanz in the presidential reelection and became the 14th president in the history of Real Madrid. Since then, Real Madrid Club has entered a new historical period. In an era of extremely developed media and highly commercialized sports, Florentino's team was called the "Galactic Battleship" by football critics. It echoes Cruyff's "Dream Team" across time and space.

At the beginning of his election, Florentino sneaked into the popular Portuguese star Luis Figo in the archrival Barcelona. Figo, together with Raul, Robert Carlos and Hierro, formed the team at that time. A powerful lineup that has already shocked Europe. The arrival of the Portuguese helped Real Madrid win the La Liga title in the 2000-01 season. In 2001, Frenchman Zidane became Florentino's second "prey". The transfer fee of 76 million euros that year shocked the world. Real Madrid has since had two of the most expensive players in the world, and the Frenchman has become the dominant player at the Bernabeu after the winter break.

Real Madrid, with "Qi Zu" as the core of the midfield, passed all the way in the Champions League in the 2001-02 season and entered the semi-finals. Their opponent was Barcelona, ??which was in the period of regeneration. Relying on McManaman's buzzer-beater, Real Madrid repeated the scene of 42 years ago when they eliminated their old rivals in the semifinals, and finally stood in the final in Glasgow. Zidane used a ground-breaking half-turn volley to tie the score at 2-1, and Real Madrid became the Champions League champion for the ninth time. In that season that coincided with Real Madrid's centenary celebration, Real Madrid completed the 100-year anniversary of the "greatest club of the 20th century" with two Super Cups, a Champions League and a Toyota Cup (the predecessor of the European Super Cup).

In the following two years, Florentino successively introduced world-class stars such as Ronaldo, Beckham, Owen, and Robinho. The star power of Galacticos reached an unprecedented height in 2003. . In the same year, under the stars shining like the Milky Way in Madrid, no one remembers that Barcelona only finished sixth in La Liga, but some people will definitely remember that the club held new elections. The young lawyer Laporta, who was not optimistic in advance, unexpectedly won. He began to vigorously implement reforms and formed a new leadership agency. Club vice president Rosell brought another Brazilian superstar-Ronaldinho. At the same time, seeing the club's decline, the members of the "Dream Team" were worried. They once again gathered from all directions to Barcelona to save the team in distress. Cruyff is back, and he has brought along his fellow Dutchman, new coach Frank Rijkaard.

Despite the new look of the club, the team still had a rocky start. Before Christmas, the results fell to 12th place, the dignity of the entire Catalonia was stabbed, and the proud Catalans finally woke up. Starting from January 2004, the depression that had been accumulated for four years began to break out, and the team began to rebound at a speed that no one expected. The team achieved an unstoppable 10-game winning streak, going from 12th to 2nd, overwhelming Madrid and completing a shocking reversal. The once fearsome king is back!

In November 2004, Ronaldinho led Barcelona to a 3-0 victory over La Liga rival Real Madrid, and he became the well-deserved number one star in the world. On May 17, 2006, at the Stade de France in Paris, France, Barcelona defeated Arsenal 2-1 and stood on top of Europe for the second time.

But what is more surprising than winning the Champions League trophy is the growth of the young Messi: On March 11, 2007, he scored a hat trick against Real Madrid; on April 18, 2007, Messi scored in the Copa del Rey semi-finals Against Getafe, he replicated the goal scored by Maradona against five players in the World Cup... In the summer of 2008, Barcelona made huge adjustments: Vice Chairman Rosell became a permanent member; Ronaldinho left. Milan and the No. 10 jersey were left to Messi; the meritorious coach Frank Rijkaard was fired and replaced by Guardiola, the former king of the Camp Nou and the coach of the Barcelona youth team. Most teams will experience pain after making major adjustments, but the magical city of Barcelona has produced a "phenomenal" team in football history after adjustments.

In the 2008-09 season, young coach Guardiola coached the first team for the first time. He led the terrifying "trident" composed of Messi, Eto'o and Henry to a 5-2 sweep and won the Ligue 1 title for six consecutive years. Lyon, the champion; led the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich 4-0 in the first half at home; met the previous runner-up Chelsea in the semi-finals, and still advanced after one player was sent off in the away game; defeated three consecutive Premier League champions 2-0 in the final Manchester United; in La Liga, they defeated Real Madrid, which ranked second in the league, with a score of 2-0 at home and 6-2 on the road... Winning championships on all six fronts, becoming the first "six-time champion" team in history , created the "Barcelona Dynasty". What's even more valuable is that there are 7 players in the final who grew up in La Masia's youth training camp, and the coach on the sidelines who also came from La Masia - Guardiola. They are the whole Catalonia, The pride of all Spain. Today, when utilitarian football is prevalent, the difficulty of Barcelona's "six crowns" is even comparable to Real Madrid's five Champions League crowns that year.

The Spanish national team, with Barcelona players as the main team and supplemented by Real Madrid players in key positions, has finally abandoned the bad habits of internal friction and discord between the two clubs. In 2008 and 2010 Won the European Cup and World Cup respectively. The image of Casillas from Real Madrid holding up the World Cup and European Cup will be forever in history, but history will also remember the control of this "phenomenal" Spanish team on the field, which is the flow of La Masia. The red and blue blood; and the white Real Madrid on the defensive end contribute an impenetrable wall to the national team. Two great Spanish teams once again meet each other in the sky of history. If Real Madrid is the "greatest team of the 20th century", then Barcelona will definitely be the greatest team of the 21st century so far.

On June 1, 2009, Florentino, the former founder of the "Galactico", was elected as the 20th chairman of Real Madrid. Then in the summer of 2009, Real Madrid spent 250 million euros to buy 10 players. These include Kaka, the "World Footballer of the Year" in 2007, and Cristiano Ronaldo, the "World Footballer of the Year" in 2008. However, the second phase of "Galaxy Battleship" did not achieve the success that Florentino expected in the first year. In the 2009-10 La Liga season, Barcelona once again doubled Real Madrid with a score of 1-0 at home and 2-0 on the road, achieving the first double-beat against Real Madrid in two consecutive seasons. In the European arena, Real Madrid has failed to reach the top 16 of the Champions League for the sixth consecutive year. The second generation of "Galaxy Battleship" has a long way to go to rectify its name. Barcelona also encountered its nemesis in the European arena-Mourinho. The former little translator at Camp Nou led Inter Milan to eliminate his old club. The "Dream Team Three" known as the "invincible in the universe" became helpless in front of him.

After leading the team at the Bernabeu, Mourinho was eagerly taken to Real Madrid by Florentino, and the second generation of the "Galaxy Battleship" against the "Dream Team Three" officially kicked off. . In the first game, Magic Bird visited Camp Nou as the defending champion of the Champions League. He was lost in the honor that the Champions League championship brought to him. He gave up the style of survival and counterattack that he relied on to survive against Barcelona. At Camp Nou, Fighting against Barcelona. Mourinho completely fell into Guardiola's trap. The 0-5 score was not a reflection of the true level of the two teams, but it truly reflected the mentality and attitude of Guardiola and Mourinho. The results of the game are that essential oils have such a huge impact. In the second game of the game of the century, the two coaches chose to retain their strength, because the score of the second El Clasico had no impact on the trend of the league and the Champions League.

The third game is the Copa del Rey final. In recent years, it has been gradually regarded by the two teams as a "tasteless" game to train second-tier players. Since the opponent is their sworn enemy for a century, this game is not only affected by Barcelona and Real Madrid's attention has also attracted media attention from around the world. Guardiola still uses his traditional ball-control style, but Mourinho has formed a strange formation of "three midfielders" after testing in the first three games. Cristiano Ronaldo's overtime decisive goal had a clever "two-two" from the wing, a beautiful cross arc, and a precise goal-scoring point. It was a gorgeous moment; and the three moments before and after the goal The waist meat grinder took the defensive tactics to the extreme. This is a Real Madrid that has never been seen in history: we have seen her gorgeousness and her roughness, but you have never seen her rough and gorgeous - it is Barcelona and Guardiola who put Madrid and Mourinho pushed him to this point. Because the opponent is almost the team of the World Cup champion team, coupled with the invincible combination of the current world champion Messi, if you want to compete with it, only Mourinho can come up with such a contradictory, crazy, almost hysterical style of play.

In the Champions League semi-finals, Pepe's red card ruined all Mourinho's efforts on and off the field; Guardiola used all his performances to prove that he is the king of this era.

When the sun rises, a city sets off in the dawn.

When the sun sets, another city returns in the night.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times;

It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of ignorance;

That was faith period, it was a period of doubt;

It was a season of light, it was a season of darkness;

It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair;

We have everything, we have nothing;

We are all heading straight for victory, we are all heading in the opposite direction;

From the past back to the present, from the present back to Go back in time.

That was Di Stefano’s era, that was Cruyff’s era,

That was Zidane’s year, that was Messi’s year,< /p>

This is the period of Guardiola and Mourinho, this is the period of Madrid and Barcelona,

Is this the melancholy of white, or the passion of red and blue.

A hundred years ago, the flag of youth was flying at the place where the dream began. It was the countless glory of the twin cities recorded in history.

A hundred years later, the stars will illuminate the night skies of the two cities. This is the glory of victory guiding the two cities to move forward.

For a hundred years, Madrid and Barcelona have tried their best to surpass each other.

How many heroes have become famous all over the world while chasing each other, and how many young people have grown old while chasing each other. The story of the Twin Cities will never end, because their nature is called tenacity and their courage is called bravery. And their belief is called never give up.

Isn’t this the same in our lives?

——A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid and Barcelona