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The three members of each team's strikeforce boast impressive technical and physical capabilities, but different individual profiles and a different collective attacking philosophy.
Barcelona continue to emphasise positional play, with more build-up in the transition between defence and attack, and are more about moving the ball well.
Real Madrid are more direct, using the pace of their players to find spaces in behind the opposing defenders.
Interestingly, both Luis Enrique, this season, and Carlo Ancelotti, since last season, are managing to get their teams to use their rival's approach as well.
In other words, when this Barça side have the opportunity to stage a counter attack, they do so and steam forward rather than getting hung up on their traditional, more measured approach (see, for example, the goal against City at the Camp Nou). Real Madrid, meanwhile, with midfielders of the quality of Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Isco, are also trying to build up the play more and get into attacking positions.
