'MCN' is already surpassing the best attacking trio in recent years

'MCN' is already surpassing the best attacking trio in recent years

Jack Ottman 7 years ago 3.7k |

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Mbappe, Cavani and Neymar are already making history. AFP

Messi, Suarez and Neymar made history at Barcelona, but the trio which currently form PSG's attack, the aforementioned Brazilian, Mbappe and Cavani are actually bettering the numbers of the unforgettable 'MSN' Barcelona attacking trident in its first few matches.

So-called 'MCN' (Mbappe, Cavani, Neymar) have played together in six matches, four in Ligue 1 and two in the Champions League, and the numbers from those games are astonishing: 14 goals and seven assists between them.

The now extinct 'MSN' (Messi, Suarez, Neymar) managed 12 goals and six assists in their first six matches together. They played, in La Liga, against Real Madrid (3-1), Celta Vigo (0-1), Almeria (1-2) and Sevilla (5-1) and in the Champions League against Ajax (0-2) and APOEL (0-4).

And PSG, in the six games in which their three stars have lined up together, they have played Metz (1-5), Lyon (2-0), Montpellier (0-0) and GIrondins (6-2) in France, and Celtic (0-5) and Bayern (3-0) in Europe.

Suarez lost on his Barcelona debut in 'El Clásico' at the Santiago Bernabeu, after serving his suspension for biting Chiellini, but he recovered a few days later, playing in the 5-1 defeat of Sevilla. PSG has already defeated major rivals including Lyon and, above all, Bayern Munich.

At Barca, Messi was the main man with eight goals in the first six matches. Suarez provided almost all of the assist, with five. For PSG, Cavani has been the main goalscorer with six goals and Neymar the assist-leader with four assists.

At the start of this season, 'MSN' is already bettering the early numbers of one of the most unforgettable forward lines in football history, a trio which has earned legendary status and no one has come close to in the last few decades... until maybe now in Paris.