When Barcelona face Manchester United in the Champions League final on Saturday, a global audience will be treated to a clash between two of the world's biggest clubs. Here we compare the vital statistics of Spain and England's leading super-powers:


Barcelona

Club founded: 1899

Stadium: Nou Camp (current capacity is 99,354)

Record attendence: 120,000 v Juventus in 1986

Spanish league titles: 21 (first in 1929, most recent in 2011)

Spanish Cups: 25 (first in 1910, most recent in 2009)

Champions League winners: 3 (1992, 2006, 2009)

Champions League runners-up: 3 (1961, 1986, 1994)

European Cup-Winners' Cup: 4 (1979, 1982, 1989, 1997)

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (now called Europa League): 3 (1958, 1960, 1966)

FIFA Club World Cup: 1 (2009)

Record victory: 18-0, v Tarragona in 1901

Record appearances: Xavi, 576 in all competitions

Record goal-scorer: Paulino Alcantara, 357 in all competitions

Record signing: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, £56 million from Inter Milan in 2009 (price includes £20 million valuation of Samuel Eto'o, who joined Inter in part exchange)


Manchester United

Club founded: 1878 (originally called Newton Heath)

Stadium: Old Trafford (current capacity is 75,957)

Record attendance: 83,260 v Arsenal in 1948 (match played at Maine Road due to war damage at Old Trafford)

English league titles: 19 (first in 1908, most recent in 2011)

FA Cups: 11 (first in 1909, most recent in 2004)

League Cups: 4 (first in 1992, most recent in 2010)

Champions League winners: 3 (1968, 1999, 2008)

Champions League runners-up: 1 (2009)

European Cup-Winners' Cup: 1 (1991)

FIFA Club World Cup: 1 (2008)

Intercontinental Cup: 1 (1999)

Record victory: 10-0 v Anderlecht in 1956

Record appearances: Ryan Giggs, 875 in all competitions

Record goal-scorer: Bobby Charlton, 249 in all competitions

Record signing: Dimitar Berbatov, £30.75 million from Tottenham in 2008



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Barcelona and Man Utd's roads to Wembley


Barcelona and Manchester United meet in the Champions League final in London on Saturday. Here we look at the two clubs' respective roads to Wembley:

Barcelona

Group Stage:

Panathinaikos (H) 5-1 (Messi 22, 45, Villa 33, Pedro 77, Alves 90)

Rubin Kazan (A) 1-1 (Villa 60-pen)

FC Copenhagen (H) 2-0 (Messi 19, 90)

FC Copenhagen (A) 1-1 (Messi 31)

Panathinaikos (A) 3-0 (Pedro 27, 69, Messi 62)

Rubin Kazan (H) 2-0 (Fontas 51, Vazquez 82)

Last 16:

1st leg, Arsenal (A) 1-2 (Villa 26)

2nd leg, Arsenal (H) 3-1 (Messi 45, 71-pen, Xavi 69)

Barcelona won 4-3 on aggregate

Quarter-final:

1st leg, Shakhtar Donetsk (H) 5-1 (Iniesta 2, Alves 34, Pique 53, Keita 61, Xavi 86)

2nd leg, Shakhtar Donetsk (A) 1-0 (Messi 43)

Barcelona won 6-1 on aggregate

Semi-final:

1st leg, Real Madrid (A) 2-0 (Messi 76, 87)

2nd leg, Real Madrid (H) 1-1 (Pedro 54)

Barcelona won 3-1 on aggregate

Manchester United

Group Stage:

Rangers (H) 0-0

Valencia (A) 1-0 (Hernandez 85)

Bursaspor (H) 1-0 (Nani 7)

Bursaspor (A) 3-0 (Fletcher 48, Obertan 73, Bebe 77)

Rangers (A) 1-0 (Rooney 87-pen)

Valencia (H) 1-1 (Anderson 62)

Last 16:

1st leg, Marseille (A) 0-0

2nd leg, Marseille (H) 2-1 (Hernandez 5, 75)

United won 2-1 on aggregate

Quarter-final:

1st leg, Chelsea (A) 1-0 (Rooney 24)

2nd leg, Chelsea (H) 2-1 (Hernandez 43, Park 77)

United won 3-1 on aggregate

Semi-final:

1st leg, Schalke (A) 2-0 (Giggs 67, Rooney 69)

2nd leg, Schalke (H) 4-1 (Valencia 26, Gibson 31, Anderson 72, 76)

United won 6-1 on aggregate

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If you ask me, I think Man United will win this one, Barca will tend to come out arrogant while United will tend to prove doubters wrong espercially at Wembley,  what do you all think?

Barca mes que un club!

YES ! , We are definitely going to win this one , BY HIS GRACE , GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED. Wembley will shake the earth when we won the champions league cos united are the greatest football team. TIL I DIE.