FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Women's Champions League - Semi Final Second Leg - FC Barcelona v Bayern Munich - Mini Estadi, Barcelona, Spain - April 28, 2019 Barcelona's Toni Duggan and Leila Ouahabi celebrate after the match REUTERS/Albert Gea
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Women's football in Spain is primed for another surge in popularity as Real Madrid make their long-awaited leap into the sport as CD Tacon this season with a 'Clasico' away to historic rivals Barcelona.
Real have long been criticised for shunning women's football even as the sport has continued to break new ground, but in June they agreed a deal to absorb capital club Tacon, who were promoted to the top flight five years after being founded.
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