My country is the south of Europe, Spain, with a very warm weather. I was born in Madrid, the capital in Spain, but not in the core of the culture. The core of the culture in my country is said to be the north, where Galicia is and so on, and the south, where it is the famous Andalucia region. I would like to write about the culture in my country but this time, yes, this time, I am going to talk about the sport in my country.
   Spain is a country where sports are known to be more important than the politics. It is like a religion to us. Ever since one hundred years ago, football is especially the most popular sport in my country. There are very important clubs, not only national but also international clubs like FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF. These are the two most important clubs in my country, leading a league called La Liga where there are other famous clubs like Sevilla, Atletic, Atletico de Madrid, Valencia, Deportivo, etc.
   As I said before, in Spain, the king sport is football and the leaders of the sport are both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF. Not only for sport reasons but for other reason too. Historically, Madrid and Barcelona are two different cultures with different languages. Yes, not dialects. In Madrid, Castellano is spoken but in Barcelona, Catalunian is spoken. Two different languages that create a deeper conflict between Madrid and Barcelona. Also, there is a very important conflict in the politics and social area. I am not going to talk deeper about this subject but I must say that football in Spain is more than a simple sport. It’s something easy to understand for us but sometimes its difficult to understand to people from other countries.
   I was born in Madrid, so since I was a kid, I was crazy about Real Madrid CF. I went to the stadium many many times and enjoyed the Galacticos Era when Zidane, Ronaldo, Raul, Beckham, Roberto Carlos, Figo all played together. It was fantastic, and every Sunday when there was a game in Bernabeur (The stadium of Real Madrid), Madrid, my city was literally paralyzed by fans from around the world, even from Japan.
   When I was I kid, I dreamed about playing in Real Madrid someday. It is every Spanish kid’s dream. I was examined by the Real Madrid coaches but I was really bad so that’s why I could not get into the junior squad. Not only me, but other hundreds of kids tried too. But it’s a almost impossible to play for Real Madrid when there are players like Zidane, Ronaldo. . . the level is very high.
   As I said, in Spain the king sport is football, but there are other popular sports too. Basketball is one of them. Since Paul Gausol went to the NBA, the Spanish ACB league became more popular and now Spain is said to be one of the best national basketball teams in the world. Another sport that is famous is Formula One and Tennis.