Articles tagged with "johan-cruyff"
Great Example of That Trick Penalty Thingy With No Name
By Daryl | May 29th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5bVaTuxN-g[/youtube] This is a nice little penalty manoeuvre from Brazil, scored by two América players against Ideal. From the spot, Euller flicks the ball forward to Douglas, ...
Johan Cruyff finally reveals why he didn't play in 1978
By Rob | April 17th, 2008The answer to one of football's great mysteries has been revealed. In 1974, Holland, led by Johan Cruyff waltzed through the World Cup to a ...
Cruyff: United 'The best' but Barca can exploit them.
By Rob | April 15th, 2008When Johan Cruyff speaks you listen. The best footballer of all time in my book, and a manager who won the Spanish league and of ...
The Ever Controversial Ones #2 Pippo Inzaghi
By Rob | April 12th, 2008After everyone spent days arguing about my last submission Frank Lampard, today seemed an appopriate day to add another controversial football to my list. Today, ...
Dutch Police Clog up the Eredivise Title Race (sorry)
By Daryl | March 10th, 2008Not a great week for Ajax fans. First the return of the hallowed Johan Cruyff (who's like the Kevin Keegan of Ajax, except he knows ...
Great European Cup Players #1 Johan Cruyff
By Rob | February 25th, 2008As a series to keep everyone reading between Champions League games, I'll now and then profile a great player who has played in the Champions ...
Ajax Get the Marco Van Basten-Johan Cruyff Dream Team
By Daryl | February 22nd, 2008Looks like Ajax are getting it together. After bringing in the legend that is Johan Cruyff in a sort of grand overseeer role, the Eredivisie ...
Johan Cruyff Brought in to Turn Ajax Around
By Daryl | February 20th, 2008It wasn't so long ago that Ajax were one of the powers in European football, with a youth system everyone wanted to copy. But it's ...
Origins of the Infamous 1982 Cruyff Penalty
By Daryl | November 17th, 2007Remember this famous Johan Cruyff penalty for Ajax in 1982? Instead of shooting at goal like mere mortals, Cruyff passed the ball to teammate Jesper ...
All the kids will be trying "the Inzaghi" now
By Daryl | May 25th, 2007Have a good look at Pippo Inzaghi's first goal for Milan in the Champions League final, then compare these two quotes: "It was luck, but that ...
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