By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 16 Jul 2012 • 15:47
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FOOTBALL, Spain’s national sport, cannot solve every problem. But if a triumph like the Euro 2012 can temporarily take everyone’s mind off the country’s appalling economic situation, then it becomes something more than sport. Just one thought: why was the celebratory sea of red and yellow flags less distasteful and at the same time less redolent of racist under- and overtones than the chav-monopolised cross of St. George?
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