Originally Posted by vijay

For me nothing beats United-Liverpool.. Our fans are less fanatical and more civilized, for Spanish tosspots its more about a clash between Madridtsas and Catalans. Dont think anyone outside their country would've bothered watching them or the rivalary getting beefed up if not for DiStefano, Cruyff, Maradona, Laudrup, Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo and others Both clubs make it a point to shell out heavily on the best players around whilst our rivalary would grab attention even if its played between reserve teams.

IMO, our rivalary is slowly losing its charm, in the recent years compared to the 90's with Liverpool going on a downward spiral and more cagey matches even if both sides field full strength teams.

Celtic-Rangers, Juve-Inter, Boca-River, Galatasary-Fenerbache are all in the top billing.