However, the talent and the eye for goal had not diminished. [1] He played as a deep-lying forward, and is considered one of the best players of all time. He was no longer the Galloping Major but the Madridistas now affectionately called him ‘Pancho’. Di Stéfano was the top scorer in the Spanish league for four of the next five seasons and he netted in every European Cup final from 1956 to 1960. Ricordo ancora cosa disse di lui Brian Glanville, storico per eccellenza del calcio inglese: Don Alfredo è stato il calcio, per Gianni Brera era anche meglio di Maradona, Puskas era un grandissimo, forse il 3° miglior europeo di sempre dietro Platini e Crujff, ma Di Stefano era il calcio. Real won LaLiga in his first two seasons, and again in 1956/57, but from 1955 onwards the club had a new focus to establish themselves as the best side in Europe via their dominance of the newly created European Cup. ¡Sign up!. Torino, who had lost most of their squad in the devastating Superga Air Disaster wanted to build their new team around him but, in 1949, like several South American players, he signed for the appropriately named Millonarios of Bogotá who were able to offer fabulous wages to attract foreign players as Colombia had left FIFA and were therefore not bound by its restrictions. In particular, he has cited a breakdown in his relationship with Pérez as one of the reasons he eventually decided to move to Italy. Bizarrely enough, Puskás was at the centre of a bitter controversy which meant that the final almost did not take place. It was the match that suddenly opened British eyes to the wider European game. That is in contrast to Ronaldo who left the club because he did not feel wanted or specifically appreciated. Yahoo fa parte del gruppo Verizon Media. The winner is the one which gets best visibility on Google. He was the conductor, his fellow players the instruments. Benzema has scored 21 goals in 38 games this season, with Madrid back in action against Real Sociedad on Sunday. [2][3] Di Stéfano was one of the first footballers to control matches by roaming the pitch, unusual in an era when most players did not stray from their set position. And, a week later, Ronaldo rubbed further salt in the wound by scoring a brilliant hat-trick which helped Juventus overturn a two-goal first leg deficit against Atlético Madrid to progress to the quarter-finals of this year’s competition. After he retired from the game, he was named Honorary President of the club in November 2000, and the stadium at the training ground was named after him. He moved to Real Madrid in 1953, and gained Spanish citizenship three years later. He later retracted these claims, but many German officials had considered his slanderous remarks to be beyond forgiveness and they took the unprecedented step of prohibiting any German side from playing against a team which featured Puskás. No other striking duo has ever come close and this is even more remarkable considering that they were both, at the time, 33 years of age. [4] He was twice awarded the Ballon d'Or as European football's player of the year; in 1957 and 1959. However, as his side left the field in Madrid after their salutary defeat by Ajax, Pérez must have been regretting his decision. It was his team that began the indelible association of Real with the European Cup – later Champions League – and made the club famous to a wider audience. Puskás was an out-and-out goalscorer, he would never come back for the ball or spray it around the field, which was why he complemented Di Stéfano so perfectly. Real had enjoyed a similar period of dominance in the initial years of the competition, winning the European Cup the first five years it was contested between 1956 and 1960, and culminating in the 1960 Final played at Hampden Park, Glasgow, when they thrashed Eintracht Frankfurt 7 – 3. Mi riallaccio al discorso di ciccio, sì sono in molti a ritenere Di Stefano il miglior calciatore di tutti i tempi (superiore persino a Pelè e Maradona), grandi allenatori come Boskov, Herrera, Bernardini, Bearzot, ex giocatori come Charlton, Liedholm, Sivori, Schiaffino, Suarez, lo stesso Puskas, giornalisti ed esperti di varie parti del mondo, da Brera a Bortolotti, da Beccantini a Rino Tommasi, fino a diversi storici inglesi. [4], He debuted for Spain in January 1957, scoring a hat-trick in a friendly against the Netherlands. Ronaldo’s loss may, arguably, prove to be greater, but that is the fault of the present club hierarchy at Real.

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