5 most deadly attacking trios in Europe right now
Modern day football is all about scoring goals. In the current transfer market scenario, clubs are willing to pay a lot of money for world-class forwards.
The Blaugrana were famous for their “M-S-N” forward line, but it was dismantled when Neymar left the club for PSG in the summer.
Real Madrid have “B-B-C” (Bale, Benzema, and Cristiano Ronaldo). Napoli amassed 94 goals in Serie A last year, thanks to the attacking trio of Jose Callejon, Lorenzo Insigne, and Dries Mertens.
FC Porto’s attacking trio, Vincent Aboubakar, Moussa Marega and Yacine Brahimi are in superb form this season.
Gonzalo Higuain, Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic were ruthless for Juventus in Serie A this season.
On that note, let’s take a look at the five best-attacking trios in Europe right now.
#5 Nabil Fekir - Mariano Diaz - Memphis Depay (Lyon)
League goals: 42
League assists: 16
Lyon is currently fourth in the Ligue One standings and fighting for a place in the UEFA Champions League next year.
They have scored 62 goals so far in Ligue 1 this season. They are one of the heavy scoring sides in Europe for quite some time.
The signing of Mariano Diaz for just €8 million is proving to be a bargain for the French club. Along with the attacking midfielder Nabil Fekir and the ex-Manchester United winger Memphis Depay, Diaz & Co. have been scoring goals for fun at the moment.
The trio has scored 42 goals for Lyon in Ligue 1 this season. Fekir and Mariano have scored 16 goals each while Depay struck 10.
They have also made a total of 16 assists. According to whoscored.com, the trio has won 15 Man of the Match awards in total.