Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona vs Real Madrid Audiobook (Free)

It’s Messi vs Ronaldo, it’s Catalonia vs Castilla. It’s the nation against the condition, independence fighters vs Franco’s fascists. It’s majestic goals and mesmerising skills, red cards and bench brawls. It’s the greatest two teams on the planet going in person and bottom to toe. It’s more than a video game. It’s a battle. It’s Barcelona vs True Madrid.

…Only, it’s not that simple. From the wounds left from the civil war to the groups’ recent global domination, historian and professional on Spanish soccer, Sid Lowe about Dread and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona vs True Madrid lifts the lid on sport’s best rivalry. Lowe has spoken to the largest names as well as the overlooked heroes who described their clubs. Guys like Alfredo Di Stéfano and Johan Cruyff aswell as the just survivor of the very most politically charged video game ever sold, the Barcelona striker who knocked Madrid from the European Cup for the first time ever, as well as the chief executive who celebrated his club’s determining moment by firmly taking a midnight drop in the Thames.

By exploring the history, politics, tradition, economics and vocabulary, while never forgetting the dilemma on the pitch, Lowe demonstrates the symbiotic character of the partnership between these two football giants. In doing so he discloses the human tale behind this explosive rivalry.