Veteran Spanish football observer Phil Ball says it is a cultural model that needs changing.
Blatter said possible sanctions could include a ban for the Spanish football team.
And it is not just at international level that Spanish football excels.
The Spanish Football Federation decided that the clapping formed part of his initial protest at a decision and did not warrant a second yellow card.
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The Spanish football club's pitch will be transformed into a tennis court, with the event taking place in the gap between Wimbledon and the London Olympics.
In the past, teams such as Valencia and Madrid, as sporting institutions, have received subsidies from local authorities, according to Spanish football expert Sid Lowe.
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And in 2000, the Spanish Football Federation said it radically opposed Gibraltar's membership of the organisation and would refuse to take part in any competition which involved the colony.
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The five nations' representatives will get round a table in the headquarters of the RFEF - the Spanish Football Federation - in las Rozas in the outskirts of the capital.
"There are big question marks as to how Neymar will fit into the team as there is already one god, or demigod, at Barcelona in Lionel Messi, " Spanish football expert Jimmy Burns told CNN.
Although Qatari businessmen now have a strong foothold in French and Spanish football, they remain without a key base in the English Premier League, which boasts the highest attendance figures in European football.
For a man who has managed in the top-flight of English and Spanish football, taking over a club at the bottom of the Nationwide Conference might have seemed like one job too far.
"There are big question marks as to how Neymar will fit into the team as there is already one god, or demi-god, at Barcelona in Lionel Messi, " Spanish football expert Jimmy Burns told CNN.
Vilanova went on to play for some of Spanish football's lesser known clubs -- Figueras, Celta, Badajoz, Mallorca, Lleida, Elche and Gramenet -- before retiring as a player in 2002 and turning to coaching.
While Spanish football's reputation for sophistication and flair has made la Liga one of the most attractive and marketable competitions in world football, attitudes in the stands have not always kept apace with the cosmopolitanism on display on the pitch.
I, like most other discerning fans, shall continue to enjoy Spanish and English football.
Eggen plays his club football with the Spanish side Alaves who just missed out on gaining a Champions League place for next season.
Meanwhile Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o will be available for Barcelona, after the Spanish club and the Cameroonian Football Federation reached an agreement, before Fifa's ruling, to allow the striker to play for the Spanish club.
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In his final season Barca only managed to win the Spanish Cup before Guardiola stunned world football by saying he needed time away from the game.
Manchester United are the champions of England, Barcelona are the champions of Spain and, by common consensus, the English Premier League and Spanish Primera Liga are the two most glamorous leagues in European football.
The football player was known as Chad Ochocinco -- a Spanish take on his jersey number, 85 -- before his marriage last month.
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Italian football chiefs hope staging the traditional season opener in China will boost global interest in Italian football, overshadowed in recent years by the English and Spanish leagues.
The Spanish government has been trying to popularise the text by handing it out at football matches.
Toure feels Barcelona are starting to feel the strain of playing fast-paced football with trying to clinch a third European Cup, win the Spanish league and the Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey).
Football governing body Fifa ruled on Thursday that the clubs have priority as the Spanish league fixtures were made before the Nations Cup matches were scheduled.
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An increasingly acrimonious climax to campaigning saw Spanish and Russian officials issue veiled attacks on the British media for reports of alleged corruption in world football's governing body.
Spanish police said the problems, which saw 17 away supporters injured, were "just the usual at any football game" and refused to respond to Bolton's allegations.
Spain had possessed the ball for roughly two-thirds of its games, turning each match into a high-class version of keep-ball, and in the process, becoming the first team to turn passing the ball into a form of defense: Like a clock-eating drive in football, if Spain has the ball, its opponent can't score and the Spanish keep the ball so well that they barely give up any chances, let alone goals.
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