2001 Eredivsie – Ajax vs Feyenoord (Full Classic Match)
Mario Jardel’s brilliant quotation about a derby can easily be modified into “A Klassieker is a Klassieker and vice versa”. To paraphrase: It doesn’t matter that, in May of 2001, both Ajax and...
View ArticleThree Great Anecdotes about Johan Cruyff
Johan Cruyff’s gift to see things differently makes him a genius. His ability to put his vision into practise makes him a revolutionary. But it’s mainly his endless overconfidence in his own...
View Article1970 European Cup Final ~ Celtic vs Feyenoord (Full Classic Match)
From its inception in 1956 until 1966, the European Cup was a Southern-European affair. A competition dominated by Real Madrid, Benfica, AC Milan and Inter. This Latin hegemony was broken in 1967, when...
View ArticleVideo: Cruyff’s Final Season
In the summer of 1983 Johan Cruyff was given a shocking message: Ajax no longer needed him. He had become too old, they argued. Cruyff, 36, driven by a desire to proof his worth one last time,...
View ArticleForgotten Footballer – Willem van Hanegem
Ask a hundred people in Holland to name the three best Dutch players in history, and Willem van Hanegem is one of the names you’ll hear the most. Ask a hundred people outside of Holland to name the...
View ArticleThe Day Cruyff played for AC Milan
Say what you want about Silvio Berlusconi, but he has always been a shrewd businessman. In 1981, five years before purchasing AC Milan, Berlusconi decided to create a spectacular new summer tournament,...
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