Barcelona club supporters surpassed the supporters of Real Madrid in the referendum of the “most popular clubs in the Emirates”, as part of a series of polls conducted by «Emirates Today» on its platforms on social networking sites, with 66% of the total votes amounting to 2613 participants, compared to 34% for Real Madrid .
Despite the superiority of Real Madrid on the first day of voting, his traditional rival managed to win the end of the voting by a large margin of votes.
And «Emirates Today» is currently holding a referendum on the Saudi club, the most popular in the Emirates, as voting began yesterday, and continues until this evening between four clubs: Al-Nasr, Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahly.
For his part, sports journalist Mohamed Mubarak told «Emirates Today» that “the idea of the poll contributed to creating a strong competition among the masses, due to the lack of audiences in the mass competition, which turned into social media, and the success of the idea contributed to its repetition in multiple forms in various Social media platforms.
He added, “Voting is definitely a good thing, and there is no harm from it. On the contrary, it stirs the stagnant waters by returning to spherical memories, which happened in a vote by the best player in the Emirates, whose reactions continued for a long time, and may be continuous until now, and it was As a reason to open beautiful old memories, he added the vote for the "Stay at Home" initiative and preoccupied with many sports matters while adhering to the precautionary measures in the UAE.
He continued: «There is also the League of the Most Popular Clubs Challenge in the Emirates, and it witnessed a great interaction between the clubs, and today we find strong competition in the vote of the most popular Saudi club, all this interaction is definitely positive, and it is calculated for (Emirates Today) that it was a forerunner in such Mass public interaction on social media ».