No other party

It is speculated that 500 million people echoes to the Real Madrid-Barcelona on television. Perhaps the figure is overblown, but the attention that awakens the Classic can be seen in the minutes of television, paper and websites he has held in previous days. No wonder. No two teams in the world to meet so many good position to offer a show that admits little comparison.

GOLDEN BALL PLAYERS
Messi and Xavi repeated among the three candidates for the Ballon d'Or were first and second last year. In 2011 was again nominated for Cristiano Ronaldo , who won the award in 2008. It was Kaka in 2007. On the lawn at the Santiago Bernabeu will have three players who have been elected at some point as the best in the world. Also 17 participants in the last World Cup final, including 14 current world champions.

BEST TEMPLATES
contributed 22 players to the shortlist of 55 by FIFA and the football players' union FIFPro world to set the best eleven of the year. Gives Barcelona: Valdes, Abidal, Dani Alves, Pique, Puyol, Busquets, Cesc Fabregas, Iniesta, Xavi, Messi and Villa. Real Madrid: Casillas, Carvalho, Marcelo, Pepe, Ramos, Xabi Alonso, Kaka, Ozil, Cristiano and Benzema.

The best coaches
Jose Mourinho was elected in 2010 the best coach in the world by FIFA. In 2009 it was Pep Guardiola the IFFHS. His performance last season has given them to return to form in triplet best technicians in 2011, an honor he shared with Sir Alex Ferguson .

GET THE MOST POINTS IN CHAMPIONS
The behavior of both in this Champions League is immaculate, or nearly so. Real Madrid finished the group stage with a full six wins . Is the team that has achieved more points just ahead of Barcelona, ​​which yielded only a draw in Milan.

THE highest scorers
are the best in attack. In the Champions League no one has come to their records. The club has been the highest-scoring (20), followed by the set target (19). The same dynamics are in the league, where the numbers (47 and 49 goals respectively) catapulted him as the most lethal templates ahead of the goals. Only Manchester City (48 goals) can stand the pace in Europe.

Goleados LEAST
look at the statistics reveals also the security of their defenses and emphasizes the high level of their goalkeepers. Only Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Juventus showed just zagas railways in Europe. Víctor Valdés is the ruler of Zamora trophy in three consecutive seasons, four in total. Casillas was nominated as the guardamenta best in the world by IFFHS in 2010.

MORE CLUBS WITH MILLIONS OF FANS
Barcelona has become the club's most loyal in the world with social networking. 25,118,021 people continue their day to day through Facebook or Twitter . The Real Madrid (22,816,118) and Manchester United (19,961,486) follow in this facet. Football rules the sports world.

PLAYERS NETWORKS swept the
Cristiano Ronaldo (35 million followers) is the player who draws the attention on Facebook. The Luso sweeps also on Twitter, which has five million members. It is by far the most interesting player raises. However, Messi , who has not officially Twitter mentions of crack quadruples in Portuguese.

THE RICHEST
Real Madrid is the first in the list of football clubs more money entered until July last year. He explains a Deloitte study that estimated at around 440 million euros the profits of the white club. The second is Barcelona, ​​which has increased its profits by 10% to almost 400 million.

MAXIMUM FAVORITE ALL
favorites are all in the Spanish League. The feeling that transmits your domain is transferred to all corners. The pulse is maintained in the gambling houses , where they are regarded without question as the major candidates to win the Champions League. To date, the victory of Barca pays 2.85. The Real Madrid to 3.75. The rest, as elsewhere, seems to fall away.