MADRID (AP) — Forget about Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid. For some sports fans in the Spanish capital, the team to follow is the Madrid Bravos.

The recently created American football franchise has begun to attract more fans in a country where soccer rules.

After recently completing its second season in the European League of Football, the Bravos are hoping to ride the wave of extra attention the sport is getting as Spain hosts its first regular-season NFL game this weekend.

The Miami Dolphins and the Washington Commanders will meet Sunday at Real Madrid’s iconic Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in a game that was a hot ticket locally.

Commanders coach Dan Quinn put the Bravos in the spotlight not long after his team arrived, wearing a Bravos No. 12 jersey to his first news conference W

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