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Ferguson and Crerand hail 1960 Real Madrid side

recalled the Scot.

“The first thing to remember was that Eintracht Frankfurt beat Rangers 12-4 on aggregate in the semi-final and, being a Rangers fan at the time, we thought those guys were gods. They were the best team I'd ever seen in my life, and then they got slaughtered 7-3 in the final!
“That put into perspective how good Real Madrid really were. Real lost the first goal as well but what was incredible was that Ferenc Puskas scored four and Alfredo Di Stefano scored three – two players scoring seven goals between them in a European Cup final!