Football

The only precedent between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt: Ferenc Puskas’ record goal in the European Cup final

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3 years ago

August 10, 2022

Sophia

The only precedent between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt: Ferenc Puskas’ record goal in the European Cup final

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Puskas in white and through the center when he scored his third goal.

Real Madrid Y Eintracht Frankfurt They will meet in the final European Super Cup 2022 and it is a special clash, between two clubs that have almost never crossed paths in the history of European football.

Meanwhile he Real Madrid is the most successful club in the world at international levelmore than anything else in the Champions League, Eintracht Frankfurt are much more modest although they have this honor too, with their titles in UEFA Cup 1980 (a few years before meringues won this tournament twice) and the Europa League 2022 that led them to this Super Cup.

The German Eagles will be in the 2022-2023 Champions League, but have not participated in the competition since playing the Edition 1959-1960, the only one they played (when it was still the European Cup, with a champion of each country), and in which they managed to reach the final. It was then Real Madrid, who won their fifth consecutive European Cup, the only team that can stop Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Spaniards and Germans clashed Glasgow in one of the most memorable finals of the first decades of the European Cup: the meringues won it with 7-3 on 18 May 1960 with a memorable performance by its legends, Alfredo di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas.

Eintracht started the game in front with a goal from winger Richard Kress, but Real Madrid came from behind in less than 10 minutes, went into half-time with a 3-1 lead and in the 71st minute the game was already decided: they won 6-1. four goals from Puskas.

That performance of Puskas, which was accompanied by a Hat-trick Di Stefano in a striker who also had Paco Jedo, Luis del Sol and the Brazilian Canario still deserves a record: the Hungarian is the The only footballer to score four goals in a European Cup or Champions League final.

No other footballer has scored more than two goals in the same match in the final of this competition and both Puskas and Di Stefano are leading scorers of all time of the finals, with seven goals in total.

Since then, Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Madrid have shared just one appearance in 1975 European Cup Winners’ Cup and 1992, 1993 and 1995 UEFA Cups and they did not face each other.

Author:

Agustin Aboy

Source: Sporting News

Sophia

Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.

Champions League

Dynamo planned to fire Shovkovsky in the summer. Why did you wait four months?

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Gary

Dynamo planned to fire Shovkovsky in the summer. Why did you wait four months?

Former coach of Dynamo Kiev Alexander Showkovsky He should have been sacked in August after a poor performance in the Champions League qualifiers.

The blue-whites, who lost twice to Cypriot Paphos in the 3rd round of the European Cup (0:1 and 0:2), were relegated to the Europa League and then promoted to the Conference League.

“I know that Dinamo management believes that a change of coach could and should be made in the summer, after they lost to Paphos in the Champions League qualifiers.

Then an opportunity arose. But the necessary candidate was not available,” the source said.

Due to the lack of alternatives, the president of the Kiev club decided to leave Shovkovsky as head coach, but in November the Ukrainian specialist was nevertheless fired and left Dynamo.

Source: Sport UA

Gary

I am a sports journalist who has written for a number of Sportish. I have a background in journalism and have been writing since I was young. My main focus is sports news, but I also write about general news. I am currently working as an author at Sportish.

Football

Ronaldo received the award for best player in the Middle East

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Ronaldo received the award for best player in the Middle East

Al-Nasr forward Cristiano Ronaldo he received an award from the Globe Soccer Awards as the best player from the Middle East. The ceremony took place on Sunday evening.

Ronaldo has been performing in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of 2023.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

World Cup

Secrets of the Real Madrid dressing room: Kroos told how he got along with Vinicius

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8 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

Secrets of the Real Madrid dressing room: Kroos told how he got along with Vinicius

Former Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos He talked about his interaction with Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior and other representatives of Brazil within the scope of the “royal club”.

“The Brazilians aroused my sympathy even as a child. While playing for Real Madrid, I developed excellent relationships with Vinicius, Casemiro and Militao.

It is very easy to find a common language with these guys: they know how to enjoy life, and their mentality is significantly different from that of the Germans.

Casemiro and Vinicius and I understood each other perfectly on the field and developed a unique football bond with Vini.

We communicated warmly in daily life. I believe that if there is no contact between players off the field, it is extremely difficult to achieve harmony in the game.

I used Vini’s high-speed bursts effectively and he masterfully directed my passes,” AS Kroos reports.

Let’s remember that Kroos defended the jersey of Real Madrid from 2014 to 2024. During this decade the German midfielder won the Champions League five times.

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.