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Luis Figo trolls Barca fans with pig's head advert mocking infamous Clasico

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The superstar's response to the original row was legendary

LUIS FIGO has reignited his feud with Barcelona fans in a hilarious advert.

The Portuguese superstar was at the centre of one of the most bizarre and infamous El Clasico moments of all time in 2002.

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Luis Figo expertly trolled Barcelona fans in an Uber Eats advertCredit: Uber Eats Spain
The Real Madrid icon served up some cheeky banter
The Real Madrid icon served up some cheeky banterCredit: Uber Eats Spain
Figo looked like he was about to burst out laughing throughout the video
Figo looked like he was about to burst out laughing throughout the videoCredit: Uber Eats Spain
Outraged Barca fans lobbed a pig's head at Figo in 2002
Outraged Barca fans lobbed a pig's head at Figo in 2002Credit: Diario AS

After joining Barca's bitter rivals Real Madrid, Figo was taking a corner when a butchered PIG'S HEAD was lobbed onto the field from the stands at the Nou Camp.

The game was halted for 14 minutes as stunned referee Medina Cantalejo did his best to calm things down.

But 22 years after the famous incident, Figo has added more fuel to the fire in an advert for Uber Eats.

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The clip opens with the Ballon d'Or winner, 51, reading about the unsavoury events as his window is pelted with vegetables.

Figo - who looks to be trying to stifle fits of laughter throughout the brilliant video - then uses the app to find a cooked pig's head and plates up a tasty dinner for himself.

The cheeky Instagram post's caption translates as: "It's OK to play with food: this time order suckling pig from Uber Eats and leave it on the table (maybe with baked potatoes)."

After the original incident, Real players even claimed they saw golf balls and a knife on the pitch.

Barcelona director Gabriel Masfurro suggested the Madrid press had concocted the whole story and had their cameramen plant the porker.

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And Barcelona's manager at the time – zany former Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal - blamed Figo for taking his corners too slowly.

The Dutchman said: "Figo provoked the fans.

"He walked over to the corner really slowly, picked up the bottle slowly, went back to the corner. And all this was done consciously and deliberately, without the referee doing anything to stop it."

Figo's response was brutal.

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He said: "I don't know if [former Barca president Joan] Gaspart is taking the p***.

"He [Van Gaal] never said anything when he was my manager for two years. And I've saved his a*** more than once."

Luis Figo used to be a hero at Barcelona
Luis Figo used to be a hero at BarcelonaCredit: Reuters
But their fans gave him an earful after he joined Real Madrid
But their fans gave him an earful after he joined Real MadridCredit: Reuters
The supporters were not happy at what they saw as a betrayal
The supporters were not happy at what they saw as a betrayalCredit: EPA
Figo was targeted by fans as he took corners
Figo was targeted by fans as he took cornersCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Barca fans made their feelings very clear
Barca fans made their feelings very clearCredit: Reuters

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