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A Real Madrid youth team proved sportsmanship is still alive and kicking in the modern game with a wonderfully kind gesture during their match with Sevilla.

Footage from the game shows the young Los Blancos stars storming through on goal before finding the back of the net in their match in Tres Cantos, Spain.

However, the goal was scored when the Sevilla shot-stopper was down on the ground injured, meaning Real had an open-goal to shoot into.

While the Sevilla keeper received some treatment on the pitch before later being taken off, the Real Madrid team huddled together for a chat.

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Among themselves they decided to allow Sevilla to run through and score an equaliser, to make up for the fact they were without a keeper when they conceded.

The goal was crucial, as it meant the two teams drew 1-1 at the final whistle. And the gesture garnered huge praise from everyone in attendance.

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The gesture comes to light in the same week that a referendum took place in the Catalan, which saw police using force to block people from voting.

Barcelona's game with Las Palmas was subsequently played behind closed doors as many people in the streets outside the Nou Camp were caught up in violence.

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This isn't the first time a young Spanish team has been celebrated for an unlikely act of sportsmanship on a football pitch.

One of Barcelona's youth teams were rewarded for their sportsmanship with the Laureus Award for the Best Sporting Moment of the Year.

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Barca's Infantil B team consoled their weeping opponents, Omya, following a 1-0 win in the final of the World Challenge Cup in Japan.

They were applauded for choosing to sympathise with their devastated opponents rather than celebrate their victory in front of them.