Real Madrid

El jugador magiar posa sonriente el día de su presentación en Chamartín

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Juan Jose Lopez Soto / Translation by Manuel Arcedillo

Even though Real Madrid had won the European Cup for the fifth straight time, few could have predicted at the start of the season that they would become league champions with such authority breaking record after record. The first game, however, resulted in a defeat against Atletico Madrid and the Whites found themselves thirteenth in the table. They would soon recover from this blow and remained undefeated during the following twenty-six games.

Real Madrid demolished everything in their path. Every team except Valladolid lost points to the Whites, who clinched the title with five games to go. The numbers speak for themselves. Out of 30 games, they won 24 and were only defeated twice. They scored 89 goals –27 more than Barcelona– and conceded 25 –ten less than Atletico Madrid. They totalled 52 points out of a maximum of 60 and finished with 22 positive points (points that decided a tie-break). That meant 12 points ahead of runner-up Atletico, 19 points ahead of Zaragoza and 20 points ahead of Barcelona. Ferenc Puskas earned the Pichichi Trophy and, to wrap it all up, Real Madrid earned the right to retain the cup on site after winning it for the fifth time.

SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Vicente, Alonso, Dominguez.
Defenders: Marquitos, Santamaria, Pachin, Miche.
Midfielders: Zarraga, Vidal, Santisteban, Ruiz, Felo.
Forwards: Canario, Del Sol, Di Stefano, Puskas, Gento, Herrera, Simonsson, Pepillo, Rial, Bueno.
Coach: Miguel Muñoz.

Pichichi Trophy: Ferenc Puskas, 27 goals.