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People love (hate, follow, are intrigued by, obsess over, it's all the same) Serie A because of the culture and the politics and its inherent screwed-up-ness, the crooked officials and the ultras and the violence and glory and grit, the myths and all the myriad nets of power, the way you really cannot understand Italian football without getting a proper grip on what Italy looked like at the time the football was being played; and people love (hate, follow, see above) the Premier League because of the glitz and the ruthlessness and the way football is how emotions are expressed and so of course they end up being expressed in the worst possible way, the we-invented-the-game pride and that football isn't religion because religions die; and I love (follow, at any rate) them both but there is La Liga, and for me nothing beats La Liga. (Please let's not bring up the World Cup. The World Cup doesn't count. It's the World Cup.)
( What I talk about when I talk about football. )
( What I talk about when I talk about football. )
