Barcelona scraps tribute to Spain World Cup winners in favor of act supporting Catalan symbol
What happened
Barcelona's World Cup winners with Spain will not be honored by the club at its first home game of the season on Thursday because of an incident involving the “estelada” flag, Catalonia's pro-independence symbol. Instead, an act supporting the estelada was expected to take place at Camp Nou stadium, with some 10,000 flags given to fans. Barcelona has eight World Cup champions in its squad, the most of any club, and…
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