How MSN Became Football's Greatest Trio

in 2014 Barcelona got knocked out of the Champions League the Copa del re and finished second in La Liga but just one year later they won all three lifting a historic treble but for this to happen Barcelona had to put together the deadliest front three in World football with Lionel Messi Luis Suarez and Neymar Jr terrorizing European football but how did this all happen well it started in 2013 when Lionel Messi was the main man at Barcelona they had just won La Liga with a record-breaking 100 points with Lionel Messi truly carrying the team scoring

60 goals in the season Barcelona's second time scorer was David via who only scored 16 goals meaning the pressure was all on the Argentine magician despite this record-breaking La Liga Victory Barcelona were embarrassed in the Champions League losing 7 nil on aggregate to Bayern Munich and they also lost the Copa del Reay so Barcelona knew they couldn't keep relying on one man to win them games and they decided something had to change luckily at this time there was a young Winger playing in Brazil who was making waves in World football at 22 years old Neymar

had already played 230 matches with 203 goals and assists for Santos he was the next big Brazilian star and a perfect fit for this Barcelona team so on the 3rd of June 2014 Neymar made a 57 million EUR move to Spain as Barcelona now had the second piece of the puzzle in place this next season at Barcelona was a transitional one davidi via who was the second top scorer left for their Rivals Atletico Madrid which meant this Neymar transfer had to work even more Thiago left for Bayern Munich and big players like buol and Chavi

were getting older which is a big reason why this season played out as it did in the Champions League they made it to the quarterfinals where they faced Atletico Madrid the first leg saw a oneall draw with a Neymar goal but Barcelona ended up losing the second leg 1 n meaning they only made it to the last eight in the Copa R the final was played out between Barcelona and Real Madrid making for a historic El Classico match but Real Madrid were able to get the better of their Rivals this time round as they closed

the game with a 2-1 Victory and then to top it all off this La Liga season came down to the final game where Atletico Madrid played against Barcelona and they were only three points apart at the top of the table Atletico Madrid held out for a oneall draw and managed to lift La Liga meaning Messi and Neymar had missed out on all three major trophies that season Neymar ended his first season in Spain with 15 goals at 41 games Messi showed a decrease in output from the previous year scoring 41 goals but both of them

faced injuries in the second half of the season and all in all this was a frustrating year for Barcelona as there was just something missing but little did they know they were one bite away from the promised land and within just one season everything was going to change on the 1st of July 2014 Barcelona appointed Lis Enrique as their new manager and he began by making some significant changes within the squad he signed two goalkeepers in cloudo Bravo and T Sten CES fabricas and Alexis Sanchez were both sold to Premier League clubs to free up

some cash which they used to sign even rocki and the final piece to the puzzle Luis Suarez this Suarez transfer was an interesting one to say the least he was arguably the best striker in the world at the time having come off the back of a historic season with Liverpool he almost won the Premier League and finished as the League's top scorer breaking the goalscoring record he' spent Four Seasons at Liverpool where he scored 82 goals at 133 appearances and Barcelona were able to get him for 75 million pound a bargain for the quality of

player they were getting but they were only able to get this bargain because Suarez signed while serving a 4month ban for professional football Suarez had just taken part in the 2014 World Cup where Uruguay faced Italy and Lis Suarez decided to bite the Italian Defender Georgio Kini this meant that Suarez wasn't allowed to play football until the 26th of October but he was still allowed to train and instantly began to build a connection with his new teammates so heading into the start of the new season Luis Enrique was at the helm Neymar had a year

of experience in Spain Messi was the same world-class player as before and Suarez was sitting in the shadows eager for his debut to arrive simply put Barcelona were ready to cook they opened the season on the 24th of August with a 3-n victory against El with a brace from liel Messi and the team would go on to build on this momentum throughout the start of the season on the 27th of September they put six goals past Granada with Neymar's first hattrick of the season a brace from liel Messi and a goal from the new signing

rocket the opening portion of the season was electric for Barcelona Neymar and Messi were on fire but they were just waiting for their number nine to join the party and on the 25th of October Barcelona played their first El Classico of the season and Luis Suarez made his debut but this game didn't go as they hoped Neymar bagged a goal to give Barcelona an early lead but Cristiano Ronaldo Pepe and kyen Benzema each got a goal to win the game 3-1 handing Barcelona their first defeat of the league campaign just 6 days later things would

go from bad to worse as Barcelona lost against selta Vigo had now found themselves fourth in the league table but despite this rough patch this team was just charging up as Messi Suarez and Neymar were still getting used to playing with each other and once things fell into place MSN would kick into gear and really start the first of three historic Seasons playing together Lis Suarez looks back on this time and says that the turning point this season was the Tactical shift because initially Messi was playing as a false Knight with Suarez and Neymar on

the wings but once Messi moved on to the right Neymar on the left and Suarez down the middle MSN was born and as the turn of the Year came they went on an 11 game winning streak until the 2st of February where they suffered a defeat to Malaga they would bounce back as they played Manchester City in the first knockout round of the Champions League winning 3-1 on aggregate putting them into the quarterfinals and just 4 days later on the 22nd of March they played the second L Classico of the season this time winning 2-1

which put Barcelona four points at the top of the table by the 11th of April this lead would drop to only two points as they drew against Sevilla but by this point in the season Barcelona were still in all competitions and had the chance of winning the lot hope started to brew in Catalonia and this was further Amplified with a 5-1 aggregate victory in the Champions League against PSG where Suarez begged to brace and Neymar bagged three goals over the two matches Barcelona were just getting better and better winning 6 nil against KFA at the

end of April with Messi and Suarez both bagging a brace and Neymar with one goal then in just the next match Barcelona won 8 n with the Suarez hattrick Messi brace and a Neymar goal as this front three was now being labeled the greatest Trio in Europe on the 6th of May Barcelona faced off against by Munich and this is a game that has gone down in history as Neymar scored one and Messi scored two with Messi's second goal being one of his greatest ever as he sat Jerome boaen on the floor before chipping the

goalkeeper Barcelona lost the second leg 3-2 but it was enough for them to still make it to the final a couple of weeks later Barcelona collected the first of three trophies that season as they defeated Atletico Madrid 1- nil securing them the La Liga title two weeks later Barcelona played the Copa del Reay final where Barcelona won the game 3-1 with Messi scoring another truly great goal as he dribbled from half pitch toying with the Defenders before slotting the ball in the bottom corner now with one game left to play in the season this Barcelona

team were eager to become Eternal and that is exactly what they did as they beat Juventus 3-1 in the Champions League final thanks to goals from rocket Suarez and Neymar in order to lift the third trophy of the season and complete the travel Barcelona became the first team in Europe to win two trebles and a lot of the credit goes down to this attacking Trio Suarez scored 25 goals in 43 games Neymar scored 39 goals in 51 games and Messi scored 58 goals in 57 games which added up to 122 goals for the season Breaking

the scoring record for an attacking Trio but just one year later MSN would manage to break this record that they just set as they were entering the second of three historic Seasons together heading into the 20156 season the squad remained basically the same with the only notable exit being Chavi who retired from professional football Barcelona started the season as they finished the previous one strong and firing on all fronts but at the end of September they faced a big blow as Lionel Messi picked up a knee injury leaving him out for 6 weeks if this

happened in 2013 Barcelona would be stranded without a star attacker but now Neymar and Suarez were more than capable of doing the job on the 21st of November Barcelona played their first El Classico of the Season as they thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 thanks to a brace from Suarez and goals from Neymar in Iniesta as this season progressed Luis Suarez continued to grow picking up more and more goals and this season is where we would see Luis Suarez cement himself as the best striker in World football at the turn of the Year Lionel Messi was handed

the Bon door for the year of 2015 making it the fifth in his career and Barcelona just kept on winning they were currently on a historic unbeaten streak and on the 3rd of March thanks to a 5-1 throbbing over ROV valano they set the Spanish record for 35 games in a row unbeaten breaking the record that was held by Real Madrid since 1989 MSN just continued getting goal after goal beating Arsenal in the Champions League and they were now starting to see the possibility of another treble but April would proved to be a difficult month

for Barca as they started with an El Classico defeat which entered their record 39 game unbeaten run they were then knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid as they lost 3-2 on Aggregate and this started a Barcelona losing streak as they lost three La Liga games in a row within just 3 weeks the entire season was being put into doubt but on the 20th of April Barcelona and particularly Lis Suarez weren't ready to give up that easily Suarez scored four goals and a assisted three in an 8 nil Victory to end their losing

streak three days later Suarez scored four more goals in a 6-n victory over sporting heon and this form continued through the back end of the season on the 14th of May the final game of the season Barcelona had to win to lift a league title and a big game like this called for a performance from none other than Lis Suarez who begged a hatrick to lift his second league title in a row eight days later Barcelona played the Copa del re final beating Seva 2 N in extra time to make it a double for the

season somehow this season MSN got even better than the last as they picked up 130 goals and 77 assists in 128 games together Suarez was the star man this year as he scored 59 goals and recorded 26 assists as he won the European Golden Boot and became the first player to ever finish as La Liga top scorer and aister but despite this amazing season for Barcelona there was a power shift happening in Spain as Real Madrid were looking to fight back against this Barcelona dominance under their new manager Zinedine zidon who had just won the

Champions League in his first season so MSN were going to have to produce magic once again to be able to fight off this new Spanish super team heading into the 201617 season Danny Alves left the club after eight great Seasons there and Neymar signed a new 5-year contract which would see him playing in Spain until 2021 but as this season would progress Neymar would get second thoughts about his future in Barcelona but for now Barca started off electric kicking off La Liga with a 6-2 win against Betis with a hat-- trick from Suarez and a

brace from Messi even the Champions League season started strong for Barcelona specifically with a 7- nil win against Celtic where Messi baged a hatrick and Neymar got four assists as MSN continued their fine form on the 15th of December Luis Suarez also negotiated a contract extension that would keep him playing till 2021 so at this point in time MSN was here to stay which was not a good sign for other European teams this season overall wasn't Barcelona's best season but the key moment this year was the Champions League round of 16 tie against PSG Barcelona

played the first leg away in Paris where they were demolished four goals to nothing which really should have been enough to seal the tie but when the second leg was played at the camp no something magical was in the air Suarez scored early to make it 1 n and in the 40th minute Bara made it 2-n thanks to kurzawa own goal there was now hope heading into the second half which was quickly Amplified with a penalty falling into the hands of Lionel Messi 10 minutes later Cavani got a crucial away goal for Paris which meant

that Barcelona would have to score three to go through a seemingly impossible task in the 88th minute Neymar scored a free Kick In The 91st minute Neymar scored a penalty and then with seconds left on the clock Neymar whipped a free kick into the box where Sergio Roberto was able to tap the ball into the net as Barcelona completed one of the most dramatic comebacks in football history this was such an impossible victory that Neymar went on to get a tattoo saying 1% chance 99% Faith to celebrate this game after this Barcelona felt Unstoppable thinking

they were back on top of the world but things started to go wrong from here Luis Enrique had announced he will be leaving the club at the end of the season meaning change was coming and Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League in the next round by Juventus marking the end to their Europe campaign now at this point the league title was in Real Madrid's hands but a historic 3-2 Victory on the 23rd of April would give Barcelona hope that they could complete the La Liga three Peak on the 14th of May with two

games to go Barcelona beat Los palas 41 where Neymar begged a hattrick in order to send the title race to the final game of the season but the title was still in Real Madrid's hands and despite winning the final game Barcelona weren't able to clinch La Liga as Real Madrid had now shifted the the tide of Spanish dominance picking up La Liga and their second Champions League in a row Enrique's Men played their final game of the season on the 27th of May as Barcelona were able to defeat ales 3-1 in the Copa del re

winning it for the third year in a row but that's all they were left with for the season they went from treble to double to just the cup as this golden era was coming to an end MSN had another great season statistically combining for a total of 111 goals where Messi bagged almost half of them with 54 Suarez chipped in with 37 and Neymar got 20 goals as he moved into a more of a creative role this season at this point Neymar was starting to believe that as long as he remained in Barcelona he would

always live in the shadow of Lionel Messi so despite having signed a 5-year contract this season he looked for an exit to try to become the best player in the world and hope to lift the Balon door so on the third of August 2017 PSG broke the world record transfer feed to sign Neymar with the idea that he would now step into the role of being the team's main man unfortunately for Neymar this didn't quite go to plan he was a great player for Paris but never lived up to the player he hoped to become

as for Barcelona they pretty much wasted the Neymar money on coutinho and Deele who were both unable to leave a mark at the club Suarez remained in Barcelona until 2020 where he was then pushed aside and opted for a move to Atletico mrid and lonel Messi remained in Spain until 2021 when he signed for Paris to reunite with Neymar but unfortunately they could not rekindle the same fine form they had together at Barcelona now Neymar is playing in the Saudi league and Messi and Suarez have been reunited in the MLS playing for inter Miami as

the three of them are past their Prime and slowing down their careers Barcelona have now well and truly lost their spot as top dogs in Spain as the three years of MSN are now looked back on as some of barca's best years with the trio combining for a total of 371 goals and picking up countless trophies in that time what a trio now if you want me to make a video on the zedan era at Real Madrid subscribe and until then you should watch the video on screen now I promise it's a good one