Barcelona fans celebrating the side's second consecutive La Liga title were involved in clashes with the police in the city centre late on Sunday night.There were a total of 104 arrests and 119 people were treated for injuries, though none were serious, the local police said.Some 40,000 fans congregated near the Canaletas fountain following Barca's 4-0 defeat of Real Valladolid at the Nou Camp, but the festive atmosphere turned ugly after midnight.Some people started trying to pull down a huge advertising poster attached to scaffolding across the front of a building in the square, and set parts of it alight.The police moved in and for a while thereafter their were running battles in the streets, with missiles being thrown, phone booths being smashed and bins being set alight in the city centre.(Writing by Mark Elkington in Madrid; Editing by John O'Brien; To comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)News posted by www.newsinfoline.com
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