EL CLASICO IN MADRID 2024

The Spanish Classic, known among the media and fans as El Clásico, is the football match that pits Real Madrid CF against FC Barcelona. Its relevance grew to become the most important football (and/or sports) rivalry in the Spanish sphere, algo standing as the most followed club match worldwide in the said sport. With approximately 650 million viewers on average between 2012 and 2020, it has come to be among the three most followed sporting events in the world, along with the final of the 2010 South Africa Football World Cup and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which reached 700 and 600 million viewers respectively. It was algo ranked by the prestigious World Soccer magazine in the first place of the World Soccer’s 50 Greatest Derbies , as the most important football classis in the world.
The top scorer of the clashes is the Argentine Lionel Messi with 26 goals, followed by the Spanish – Argentine Alfredo Di Stéfano and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, both with 18 goals. Sergi Busquets of FC Barcelona is the player who has played the most matches in the rivalry with 48.