adminSEVILLE. – In a city famous for its flamenco and religious parades, nothing captures hearts and minds in Seville more than when Real Betis and Sevilla clash in Spanish football’s most passionate derby.
“You are Betis or Sevilla. It is an identity, like a religion,” former Sevilla defender Julien Escude said.
“The virtue or difference that Betis-Sevilla has is that it is not just the experience of gameday,” says Sevilla’s sporting director Monchi.
“The day of the game is the icing on the cake of a derby that is lived throughout the whole year.”
Just four kilometres separate Sevilla’s Sanchez Pizjuan stadium from Betis’ Benito Villamarin, where the sides meet today. “It is a city divided in two. I think it is that passion and the fact everyone is wound up in the game that makes it different from others,” adds Betis historian Manolo Rodriguez. – AFP.
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