Detailed history of a pitched battle

El Clásico: Barcelona v Real Madrid: Football's Greatest Rivalry by Richard Fitzpatrick

**Bloomsbury, €14**

**Reviewed by Brendan Daly**

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In the space of two games between Barcelona and Real Madrid in 2000, a variety of objects, none of which resembled a football, was sent flying towards the head of player Luis Figo. The items included three mobile phones, a bottle of whiskey and - most bizarrely of all - the head of a ...