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Fifth: Hungary in the 1950s
The 1950s was the best time for the Hungarian National Football Team. Ferenc Puskás, Gyula Grosics, Sándor Kocsis, and József Bozsik were the best of the best at the time. They led a football revolution with consummate skills, new strategies, and plays. The reason they were the best was because of their offense. They were all-conquering. They beat another powerful team, England by 6:3, and caused England to lose their first home game ever in 1953. A year later, Hungary won against England in a landslide 7:1 match, which was the biggest loss in English history. In the 1954 World Cup, they beat South Korea, West Germany, Uruguay, and Brazil by 9:0, 8:3, 4:2, and 4:2. In the final, with a 2 goal lead going into the second half, the Hungarian team thought that the championship was already theirs, but West Germany came back with 3 more goals. Underestimating their enemy, Injury (Puskás was injuried), and bad luck made them the “Uncrowned King”. This was their only loss in four years, but unfortunately it was the World Cup.
Fourth: Soviet Union in the 1980s-1990s
Although they were considered to be the underdog in 1980s, the Soviet team became a world favorite leading up to the 1986 World Cup. Key players included Oleg Blokhin, “the Next Lev Yashin” Dasaev, Igor Belanov, Zavarov, and Protasov. The Soviet “Dream Team” was together for just one World Cup due to political changes and the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
Third: Yugoslavia in the 1980s
Yugoslavia had been one of the traditional power teams in the world with a glorious history to match. In the 1990 World Cup, with 10 players on the field, Yugoslavia overcame Argentina, who got second place in the cup. They had Susic, Dragan Stojkovic, Robert Prosinečki, Dejan Savicevic, Darko Pancev, and Jugovic. Davor Šuker and Alen Boksic, who took Croatia to third place in the 1998 World Cup, could only sit in the bench. Yugoslavia was suspended in the 1992 European Football Championship, and their replacement, Denmark, won the championship which was a Danish “fairy tale”.
Second: Manchester United in the late 1950s
This was the most legendary team in England. In the late 1950s, Manchester United’s players matured into experienced players. They began to conquer all of Europe in soccer. On February 6, 1958, on the way back to England after a match with the Red Star Belgrade, the British team’s plane crashed, and 23 Manchester players died. It took Manchester United ten years to recover from this tragedy and win their first championship
First: Torino in the 1940s
This is one of the oldest teams in Italy, and the 1940s were their prime time. There were no other teams who could ever compare with them in the Penisola italiana, and the evidence was their four championships in a row. They were about to get their fifth straight championship until a plane crash happened. All the players including nine Italian national players died. Until now, Torino football hasn’t regained their former glory.
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