Barca’s beauty tainted by the ‘darker arts’

THE man who took me to more GAA games than I can remember once described soccer as “a decent distraction when you are reading the newspapers”.

Barca’s beauty tainted by the ‘darker arts’
Thu, 05 May, 2011 - 01:00
Paddy Heaney

His remark certainly applied to the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Like many GAA fans, I like soccer but often struggle to watch an entire game.

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