Their average attendance of 75,304 last season saw them leapfrog Madrid, who dropped from first to fifth in the annual rankings by analysts Futebol Finance.

上赛季平均上座人数为75,304，让他们超越皇马，去年排名第一皇马今年下滑到第五名。

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Real Madrid currently has 9 players on the latest Futebol Finance list of top 50 salaries, and Barcelona is in second place with 7 players.

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"Domestic football was a total mess, " explains Alex Bellos, author of "Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life" as well as the ghost writer of Pele's 2006 autobiography.

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