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“The terrible beauty of Spanish football is that someone, somewhere, hates your guts and will always be delighted to demonstrate this when your team comes to town.”
― Phil Ball, Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football

“Que se jodan.'It was as if the girl had summed up, in three words, the way Spanish regions really feel about each other.”
― Phil Ball, Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football

“There is so much morbo festering between these two sides that they would have to employ a very powerful priest to exorcise the phenomenon, always presuming that they wanted to. It's not merely that they hate each other with an intensity that can truly shock the outsider, but that each encounter between them always has a new ingredient. This is the essence of morbo. It feeds off itself and keeps growing until it becomes a self-regulating and self-perpetuating organism, like some sinister creature from a science fiction fantasy.”
― Phil Ball, Morbo - The Story of Spanish Football

“I reserve the right to do what I like" he (Manuel Ruíz de Lopera) announced to the press, a statement that rather sums up the moral state of the game in Spain.”
― Phil Ball, Morbo - The Story of Spanish Football