Barcelona, Real Madrid and El Clasico: individuals who made it the greatest match in soccer 

With regards to world soccer, there's ostensibly no game or competition greater than Barcelona vs. Real Madrid. The sides reestablish associates on Sunday (10:15 a.m. ET; stream LIVE on ESPN+) in the 247th authority release of El Clasico (excluding friendlies), and it may even be perhaps the greatest conflict in all of sports, equaling the Super Bowl or World Series with regards to worldwide review power. These days, fans in more than 180 countries can watch these two fight - a populace of more than 650 million, though realistic gauges for review figures are in the 75-100m territory - and keeping in mind that the two sides look weak this season, the exceptionally old quarrel will draw out the most incredible in both.

It's a game that has given us some remarkable minutes - like Barca winning 6-2 in Madrid in 2009 - and has been characterized by the confounding star power in the two groups. We've had Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo; Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos also broke the vocation appearances mark by playing in his 45th Clasico prior to leaving for Paris Saint-Germain last summer. Three Barcelona players -  Andres Iniesta (2015), Ronaldinho (2009) and Diego Maradona (1983) - even got overwhelming applauses at Real Madrid's Bernabeu arena for splendid single-game exhibitions. 

However there have been endless figures who have taken part in or had an effect since the different sides initially met on May 13, 1902, there are a rare sorts of people who have left a permanent imprint on what the game's greatest contention has become, either by they way they changed each club or by they way they transformed this competition into the greatest in all of game. ESPN talked with players, mentors and leaders, over a significant time span, about the wizardry of this contention, just as what makes these characters so essential to El Clasico legend.