Espanyol: The other team in Barcelona

Barça almost don’t deign to regard their cross town neighbours Espanyol as a genuine rival.

Espanyol: The other team in Barcelona

The Barcelona derby is the strangest of derbies. For one, it´s largerly one way. Barça almost don't deign to regard their cross town neighbours Espanyol as a genuine rival.

On the other hand, from their shiny new stadium on the outskirts of the city - one of many ways in which this fantastic arenas has a distinctly Premier League feel to it - there is plenty of vitriol, or 'morbo' as they say in Spain.

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