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Schalke roared out front, up 53% on day 1 and still ahead 46-40% through day 8. Then the tide turned fast: by day 9 Barcelona flipped the lead and kept climbing, stretching it to a stable 47% cushion that held from roughly day 51 clear through day 141. Barcelona closed at 46.7% (3,114 votes) to Schalke's 33.1% (2,204) — a nine-day sprint decided the whole 141-day race.

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich never threatened, splitting the remaining 20% between them. The geography told its own story: US and UK voters leaned Schalke, while Malaysia, India, Singapore, Canada and Sweden all leaned Barcelona — a fanbase spread across Asia and the Americas overwhelming Schalke's Western strongholds. Barely 0.5% of voters on any option called themselves fans, so this was a neutral crowd picking a spectacle.

• Day 9 flip · Barcelona overtook Schalke and never trailed again
• Nine-day swing · A 46-40% Schalke lead became a 41% Barcelona lead in one day
• Country split · US and UK leaned Schalke; Malaysia, India, Singapore leaned Barcelona
• Neutral crowd · Under 1% of voters were self-declared fans of any club