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Spain’s Club-obsessed press ignores the national team

The front cover of Spain’s leading sports paper, last Sunday featured Gareth Bale of Wales. Page 2: Bale. Page 3: Bale. Page 4 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal. Plus a bit of Lucas Silva, Brazil. Page 5: Luka Modric, Croatia. Toni Kroos, Germany. And Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema, France (neither of whom played). Page 6: Marcos

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Fabregas scores first Chelsea goal

SOURCE: BBCSport Cesc Fabregas scored his first league goal for Chelsea as the league leaders survived a late Crystal Palace fightback to maintain a five-point advantage over Manchester City. Chelsea shrugged off the absence of top scorer Diego Costa to open the scoring with a 25-yard free-kick from Oscar. Cesar Azpilicueta and Palace defender Damien

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