No matter what the competition, arch-rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona will always try to outdo each other.
This time it’s a war on Facebook as both sides raced to become the first football team to reach 100 million likes on Facebook.
Real Madrid came through victorious but not without it’s usual controversy.
⭐100 MILLONES DE FANS EN FACEBOOK⭐
⚽ 1er Club Deportivo
🏆 1ª Marca
🙌 #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/MVURzYolRQ— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) April 1, 2017
DESPERATE DM’s
Fearful of losing the Facebook war, Barcelona’s social media team took to Twitter to get in direct contact with their fans.
Despite all desperation, it wasn’t to be for the Catalans, falling short to Los Blancos with 99.8 million likes.
MARCA: Barca were sending pvt msgs to followers to beat Real Madrid with more Facebook likes but they managed 99.8 millon & couldn't.
— M•A•J (@UltraSuristic_) April 2, 2017