SEVILLE: Penalty or no penalty? It is one of the oldest, most contentious debates in football, and though the referee's decision very late in their game against Valencia helped Real Madrid in their quest to win yet another Spanish league title, it was much less helpful to the megaclub's reputation within Spain's football-obsessed borders.
Spanish football used to be about Real vs Barcelona, but the equation has been evolving. The Real-Barcelona rivalry will always carry historic and linguistic tensions, but in purely competitive terms, the rivalry that is beginning to matter most is Real vs Valencia.
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