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In the

lobby

of the Valamar Crystal hotel in Porec, in northern Croatia, the president of the Spanish Karate Federation (RFEK),

Antonio Moreno

, gathers the

kumite

team

in the middle of the European dispute.

It's Saturday afternoon and the next day the team will fight for bronze.

In these situations, any talk would try to encourage karate men, motivate them, push them towards the medal, but not this one.

No way.

Kumite

fighters

are going to get a life-changing fight or, at the same time,

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