Brazilian Fans Rate Barcelona

Brazilian Fans Rate Barcelona's Lionel Messi Higher Than Real Madrid's Kaka Fans from the football-mad nation have already broken down the matchup... 25-Aug-2009 9:11:07 PM

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Ahead of the superclasico between Argentina and Brazil in Rosario on September 5, Brazilian fans voted which team have superior players, with results ending up rather even. Lancenet! provided fans with the most probable starting XI of both teams, with votes made for each of the 22 players in their respective positions. For instance, in the battle of the goalkeepers, Inter Milan's Julio Cesar proved much superior to Catania's Mariano Andujar with 63.4% of the votes, compared to 36.6% for his opposite number. From the midfield up to the attack Brazil were clear victors, with five wins. Daniel Alves (55.1%) to Javier Zanetti, Juan (59.6%) to Gabriel Heinze, Lucio (61.2%) to Nicolas Burdisso and Andre Santos (56.1%) to Fabricio Coloccini. Up front, Sevilla's Luis Fabiano (53.2%) beat Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero. But strangely enough, from then on the Argentines were victorious. The most lopsided triumph was for Javier Mascherano (70.9%) against the unpopular Gilberto Silva. Maxi Rodriguez (52.4%) edged Felipe Melo, Jesus Datolo (54.7%) beat Elano and Carlos Tevez (57.2%) got the better of Robinho. Finally, in the battle of the superstars Lionel Messi (55.6%) proved too strong for Kaka. Brazilian football supporters are well-known for being very critical of their national team, especially since Dunga was appointed coach.