"And then, as if asking the crowd to do their worst, came the ball-hogging, the twisting this way and that with the ball seemingly tied to his bootlaces, in a spectacle that made mockery not only of his Barca tormentors but of the whole concept of football as an association game. Beckham, perhaps recalling how he was once abused by crowds in England, must have marvelled at the brazenness of it all."
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