Football is a game of kindness, positivity and mutual respect.
Wait, let's try that again.
Football is a game of tribalism, anger and bitter rivalry.
After Real Madrid won the Champions League final against neighbours Atletico, rivals Barcelona decided to be the bigger men and opted to provide what seemed like a sincere message of congratulations.
https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/736678406570541056
You'd expect the Blaugranes to get on board with the sentiment, right? After all, Barça are mes que un club.
Guess again.
Some tried to rewrite history
https://twitter.com/Valdez627/status/736678598208192513
https://twitter.com/maIiksqueen/status/736678592118202369
https://twitter.com/lucianavee/status/736679452042625025
https://twitter.com/fcbnadiaa/status/736679388616523776
Still, others chose to rise above it and go outside for some fresh air.
https://twitter.com/TimSwan_/status/736680174511611906
There was a suggestion that the congratulations hadn't gone far enough
https://twitter.com/jcfrempong/status/736686376993882113
At least some fans of the Catalan club were proud of the sentiment
https://twitter.com/SubahAhmed/status/736679907493826560
Hey, we said some
https://twitter.com/ArashBahmani/status/736863368238227456
https://twitter.com/ParadiseZustin/status/736678983098458112
At least the victorious Madrid fans remained humb...no sorry, we can't even type it
https://twitter.com/YungKollz/status/736682073801523201
https://twitter.com/_RA80/status/736681591410438144
We miss the football season already.
