Soliciting

Ask people who aren't sports fans about Real Madrid and Spain and they are likely to make the assumption that you are looking for tourist information - places to grab a bite to eat as if you were a local However, when you're talking with fans of football - or futbal or soccer if you are in the United States - when you bring up Spain's Real Madrid, they are going to know that you are talking about the Real Madrid Club de Futbol - a football club that got its start in Madrid in 1902