A combined effort of 665 goals in 1633 games, each of them have the honor of winning the prestigious Ballon d'Or. ![]() The architect of that folklore was their great manager Sir Matt Busby, and its pioneers were the United trinity of George Best, Denis Law, and Bobby Charlton. The misfortune of the Manchester United team, fondly known as the ‘Busby Babes’, who perished in a plane crash and the team's reinvention to win the European cup a decade later is arguably one of the greatest folklores ever told in football. Charlton, Best and Law were three of the best players in the world". Then I told our players: 'Don't worry about them, they can't play at all.' It was psychology, of course. "I took the models of Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best off the model pitch and put them in my left-hand pocket. This Real Madrid squad revolutionized football and is undoubtedly termed as the greatest side ever to grace the Bernabeu. Gento would enjoy a long highly-accomplished career at the club for 20 years, winning 6 European titles and 12 La Liga titles in the process - the only player to do so at the club. These two goal machines were complimented by Francisco Gento, who was a left winger and brought these two strikers into play. The other three were scored by Di Stefano. He famously scored four goals in what some argue is the greatest attacking performance by any football team in the 7-3 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960 European Cup Final. ![]() Stefano’s incredible finishing capabilities were supported by Ferenc Puskas, who left Hungary and joined Real Madrid at the age of 31 and mesmerized everyone with his incredible left-foot prowess. The trio, which was led by the team’s leader Stefano in the middle, who scored 216 goals in 282 La Liga games, had won them four consecutive league titles from 1960 to 1964. With an attacking formation of 3-5-2 at the place, Real Madrid made optimum use of the attacking talents of Stefano, Puskas, and Gento and scored goals galore. Real Madrid of the 50s was a team that set unprecedented standards of dominance for years to come, winning an incredible five consecutive European titles from 1955 to 60. So, the question arises – Is MSN the greatest of all time? ![]() From the days of Ferenc Puskas to George Best to Cristiano Ronaldo, the game has seen trios and their team-mates wreak havoc inside the opposition’s half, leaving the defenders dazed and confused. ![]() However, this isn’t the first time in the history of the game that a front 3 has mesmerized the world. They have proved to be a nightmare for defenders who go into a game against Barcelona with the fear of not getting skinned to their bare bones. After a staggering 231 goals in just 18 odd months, there is no denying that the front-three of Messi, Suarez and Neymar stand tall and firm as the solution to any stumble Barcelona face in their conquest to attain all available glory. For the first six months since the arrival of Suarez, MSN took their time to gel, but once they got into their groove, it seemed like everyday would be a goal-feast from them. With each passing day, the awe and the excitement surrounding them hasn't diminished one bit, and in fact has risen to such stupendous levels that things inconceivable before the trio’s genius are now considered as routine chore. Yes, this December 26 quote from the Marca’s online edition perfectly sums up the impact Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar have had on Barcelona, on its fans, the pundits and the rest of the football world.
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