Top 5 attacking trios of all time 

1. Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskás and Paco Gento

Di Stefano, Gento, Puskas

The iconic Real Madrid team of the 1950s won the European Cup 5 years in a row from 1956-60. They had this legendary group of attackers to thank for their success. While Alfredo Di Stefano and Paco Gento were present for all the 5 Cups, Ferenc Puskás joined Los Blancos in 1958. They made goalscoring into an art form.

They played together from 1958-59 until 1963-64. In their five years together, they scored a remarkable 440 goals. It is some feat because they did not play 60 games a year like the current top players do. Individually, Puskas led the charge with 215 goals, followed by Di Stefano with 148 goals while Gento scored 77 goals. They won 4 league titles, 2 European Cups, 1 Copa del Rey and 1 Intercontinental Cup in the same period.

In terms of playing style, Di Stefano is regarded as one of the first 'total' football players. He influenced generations of footballers. As per the well-known analysis piece by Spielverlagerung, 'Di Stefano could play all of the central positions; centre forward, second striker, ten, eight, six, central defender, libero. But he played them all simultaneously.

As a central striker, he often fell back between the defender in the 3-2-5 to fetch balls directly from his own penalty area and then march forward. With the ball at his feet, he used his game intelligence to open the game with long-range passes, dodge around spaces and enemy pressing movements with combinations, or simply dribble past one, two, or even three opponents.'

Puskás is, of course, a legendary goalscorer. He ended his Real Madrid career with 242 goals in 262 apps. He has been honoured by FIFA as the award for the Best Goal of the Year is known as the Puskás Award.

Paco Gento was an extremely fast left winger with excellent vision and technical ability. He ended his career in 1971 with 12 league titles and 6 European Cups, a record till date. He was named Honorary President of Real Madrid after the death of Alfredo di Stefano. “The Estadio Santiago Bernabeu started to believe in the impossible thanks to Paco Gento,” said Florentino Perez.