Other Real Madrid-Eintracht (7-3) best final in football history

Nearly 130,000 spectators, the vast majority of whom were Scottish, witnessed what fans remember in those days as they didn’t relocate to other countries as often. football exhibition by real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurtan unforgettable match that ended with ten goals.

And there could be more, because six shots on sticks, four for Madrid. A Definitely offensive football.A brazen offensive intent marked this meeting. It was a delight for the audience, with all sorts of flamboyant rushes of action and a relentless auction carousel. The scoring chances followed one after the other at a dizzying pace.

for him real Madrid They played Dominguez; Marquitos, Santamaria, Pachin; Vidal, Zarraga; Canary, Your Sun, Di Stefano, Puskas and Gento. this Eintracht lined up Loy; Lutz, Eigenbrodt, Hofer; Weilbacher, Stinka; Kress, Lindner, Stein, Pfaff and Meier.

That clear sky day on the field in Glasgow, the tremendous talent of Alfredo Di Stéfano, who scored three goals and most importantly, Great football of Hungarian Ferenc Puskas, who scored four more goals. Puskas arrived in Madrid in 1958, aged 31 and overweight, which prompted both the technical secretary and the coach at the time (José Samitier and Argentinean Luis Carniglia, respectively) to take positions against his signature. The Hungarian football star nationalized the Spaniards and played nine seasons at Real Madrid. His goal poker in the final showed he still had a lot of football in his boots.

Eintracht takes the lead

Before May 18, 1960, whites had won the first four European Cups. The Germans came to put an end to the reign of Real Madrid. They started to play better at the start of the game and Kress put Eintracht ahead in the 18th minute. The Germans’ goal forced Real Madrid to react. Demonstrating his game almost all over the pitch, Di Stéfano was responsible for turning the scoreboard. Scored two goals in three minutes. Puskas, who was later nicknamed ‘Cañoncito Pum’ in Spain for his powerful shot, scored the third goal just before the timeout. Madrid went to the locker room, stifling the German revolt.

In the second part, more of the same: offensive projection, exchange of luck, both goalkeepers showing off and the board that defines the boundaries of the goal that supports both strikers’ shots. Puskas showed his outstanding scoring ability and scored three more goals before the 71st minute. Since then, no one has managed to score four goals in 26 minutes in a European Cup or Champions League final. The offensive rhetoric of these players was reflected in the next four minutes as Stein scored two goals for Eintracht and Di Stéfano scored a hat trick.

Origin of ‘Vikings’

The match ended with one Suitable for 7 to 3 meringuesto those they would soon be known as ‘Vikings’. Although there are other theories, the one that explains the origin of this name in an article in the newspaper ‘The Times’ is considered valid by UEFA itself. The London newspaper recorded on its pages a day after the last epic: “Truth wanders across Europe as the Vikings once walked, destroying everything in its path” (“Real Madrid is roaming Europe like the Vikings. everything in its own time”).

This tremendous victory expanded white dominance of European football, consolidated offensive football and cemented an era’s hallmark club style. With this victory, Miguel Muñoz became the first professional to win the European Cup both as a football player and as a coach. Minister The team’s architect magnified the Santiago Bernabéu legend.

On that glorious night of football, Real Madrid received praise from half of Europe. On the streets of Glasgow, Scottish fans paid tribute to the Real Madrid players who toured some of the city streets in an open-top bus. Scottish fans even came to meet the merengue team at the airport.

The BBC narrator noted during the live broadcast:You can’t do anything when they have the ball.”. It’s exactly how British public television had been repeating the finale every Christmas for years. Legendary English football player Bobby Charlton lauded the madridists after witnessing that match. Also for decades, football historians and a few fans considered the 1960 Real Madrid v Eintracht match to be the best football match in history. Others to himmatch of the century”.

Back in Spain, the Madrid players got off the plane wearing orejona proudly, and that’s how the European Cup trophy was known. Between them, Marquitos, the player’s grandfather Chelsea Marcos Alonso dressed in typical Scottish costume. He had promised the Bernabéu that if they won their fifth European Cup, he would come to Madrid in a plaid skirt. And so he did.

And while such a score seems unlikely to be repeated, this Wednesday, sixty-two years after that memorable football game, the same two teams will try to lift another trophy and prevails in Europe.