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Johan Cruyff has died
Johan Cruyff has died
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Class player rip.
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fantastic player and almost as good was his coaching/managing. RIP ,great to see everybody so far being respectful,no doubt
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Started following football in 1970 and remember the great Ajax side of the early 70's who with Cruyff won the European cup 3 years on the trot.
Then the world cup in'74.Pity he didnt go to the 78 world cup in Argentina as he would only have been about 30 years old. |
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Some decent stuff re Johan in here ... http://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/sports/s-8171
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http://www.dw.com/en/pep-guardiola-johan-cruyff-taught-me-how-to-understand-football/a-19143304
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I read an interview with him in 442 sometime in the 90s. He said when they were winning easily he tried to hit the post on purpose because he loved the sound of it. Always remembered that.
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A Liverpool fan was on 5 live the other night telling a wonderfull story. Liverpool were drawn away to Ajax in the European cup in the early 70s when Shankley was manager.
Long story short, approx. 180 Liverpool fans hired a plane to see the match and couldn't land due to fog. They had to land elswhere and be bused to the match. When they eventually got into the ground at half time the score was 5-1 Ajax! Don't know the final result but it was 2-2 back at Anfield. Cruyff pulled all the strings as per usual. Shankely after the first leg claimed Ajax were a defending team.  |
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Great player. He was also one of the great footballing personalities of his age. Not as rebellious as his contemporary Gunter Netzer(another great of the era) but he very much knew his own mind. In terms of personality the only current player that is similar is possibly Zlatan imo.
The kind of personalities that are non existent in English footballers for some reason. |
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The kind of personalities that are non existent in English footballers for some reason.
Seriously, I would have to get paid to watch the majority of English football. |
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Rest In Peace
He was the greatest player ever to me. Some might argue, but counting the greatest on the fingers of one hand he is always there. |
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Don't know how many people on this forum nowadays but thought there would be a few hundred posts for a player of his calibre.
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Only ever been to an England match once back in 1977 they played Holland at Wembley & Cruyff was by far the best player on the pitch, seems like yesterday not 40 years ago
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He certainly put his a55 on the line mr cruiff
as all great people do i never saw him play but always thought the 1974 team failure to win the world cup was the greatest sporting tragedy In a way it may have been for the best to have got so far with the dutch but fell just short like puskas it adds to the legend and of course it had to be ze chermans in both cases |
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app the krauts sent a group of ladies to the dutch hotel night before
stranger things have happened |
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27 Mar 16 21:58 Joined: 30 Mar 03 | Topic/replies: 7,110 | Blogger: loui's blog Don't know how many people on this forum nowadays but thought there would be a few hundred posts for a player of his calibre. My sentiments exactly loui. |
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Cruyff never went to the 78 world cup due to kidnap threats against his family. Considering it went into extra time and Holland hit the post late on it makes one wonder how things would have panned out if Cruyff had been there....
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