Top 5 attacking teams across Europe this season
“Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.” - George S. Patton.The quote mentioned above might make one cringe, but it turns out to be true more than often. It may blow your mind away if you’re from Jose Mourinho’s school of thought where scoring one goal to win the match is considered very good. However, even the Special One can’t deny that you do need to score goals, sometimes a lot of them in order to win games. Be it the famous Real Madrid side of the 50’s or Pep Guardiola’s all conquering Barcelona side of 2009, all these sides were ruthless in front of the goal and this made them the best sides of their generation. So here are the best attacking sides of the season so far, who have been pumping goals past their opposition, whoever they may be.Stats taken from http://www.tablesleague.com
#1 Real Madrid
Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid is playing at another level this season. Their offense has blown away the best of defences this season, including the Barcelona defence, who had conceded no goals in La Liga up until their match against Real.
The Cristiano Ronaldo led attack has been impossible to contain. They just turn on the training ground mode and start toying with the opposition defenders. After all, this is what you expect from an attack comprising of James Rodriguez, Isco, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo, don’t you?
It is solely due to their menacing forwards that Real have toppled Barca off the top of the league table. Barcelona were riding high on the success of their solid backline but Los Blancos just proved once and for all that the offense is definitely the best form of defense. Don’t believe me? Have a look for yourself.
La Liga: 1st
Champions League Group B: 1st
| Total | % | Home | % | Away | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 16 | - | 8 | 0.5 | 8 | 0.5 |
| Wins | 14 | 87.5% | 7 | 87.5% | 7 | 87.5% |
| Draws | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lost | 2 | 12.5% | 1 | 12.5% | 1 | 12.5% |
| Goals For | 57 | 3.56 | 27 | 3.38 | 30 | 3.75 |
| Goals Against | 14 | 0.88 | 6 | 0.75 | 8 | 1 |
| Clean sheets | 7 | 44% | 3 | 38% | 4 | 50% |
| Avg minutes per Goal Scored | 47' | - | 47' | - | 46' | - |
| Avg minutes per Goals Conceded | 54' | - | 31' | - | 47' | - |