Data Map: On June 3, 1972, the Dutch star Cruyff held the Champions League trophy.
China News Client, Beijing, April 25 (Xing Rui) 73 years ago today, Dutch football star John Cruyff was born in a poor family in Amsterdam. Although on March 24, 2016, the "Dutch Trapeze" passed away forever, as a football genius hard to come by for a century, Cruyff left too many unforgettable moments for fans and also contributed to the world football His outstanding football idea.
Uncrowned king
Similar to the growth path of many talented players, Cruyff showed great talent in football from a very young age. At the age of 10, he was caught by the coach of the youth team of the Ajax club, and thus began to embark on the path of professional football.
After joining the Ajax Junior Team, Cruyff's talent made him stand out. He has excellent dribbling, running ghosts, accurate passes, and broad vision. He has almost no weaknesses at the technical level and is capable of playing multiple positions in the frontcourt. Soon, Cruyff was promoted to the first team effectiveness, and gradually grew into the team's undisputed leader.
Data picture: August 29, 2013, Monaco, former Dutch player Cruyff draws for the UEFA Champions League.
For players, standing on the World Cup stage is a lifelong dream. In 1974, the Dutch team led by Michels, with Cruyff as the core, pioneered the all-attack and defensive play, historicly reached the World Cup final.
Against the life and death of the host West Germany, Cruyff made a breakthrough and scored a penalty in the first minute. Neskens took the penalty. However, West Germany then spurred a counterattack and the Netherlands were reversed by Brettner and Ged Mueller in the first half. In the end, the score of 1: 2 was kept until the final whistle blew, and the Dutch failed to create a bigger surprise at the opponent's doorstep.
Drinking hatred for the World Cup created the title of the "Uncrowned King" in the Netherlands, but Cruyff was still the most shining star in that competition. He won the best player in the game with seven games and three goals, and won the Golden Globe Awards. However, no one thought at that time that this would be the only World Cup tour in Cruyff's life.
In the Agenyan World Cup in 1978, the Netherlands once again reached the finals. However, due to conflicts with the Dutch Football Association, Cruyff withdrew from the national team that year and did not stand on the World Cup.
Data map: Dutch football star Cruyff.
Barcelona Savior
Compared with his unsatisfactory career in the national team, Cruyff has achieved unachievable achievements in the club. During his time with Ajax, he led the strongest division of the Dutch champion to 3 Champions League trophies and 8 Dutch champion trophies.
After honor, Cruyff moved to Barcelona as a savior. In five years, he revived this giant team from the quagmire and regained the La Liga championship after 13 years. Cruyff has become the hero of Catalans since then.
In 1978, Cruyff announced his retirement in Barcelona, but this is not the end of his player career. Next, he chose to travel across the ocean to the United States to continue his career. He returned to the Netherlands and joined Ajax again. However, due to his disagreement with the club chairman, Cruyff left Ajax in May 1983, surprisingly switched to the rival Feyenoord, and helped the new club win the league championship that year.
In 1984, Cruyff announced that he would hang his boots permanently, and a generation of legends ended his greenery career.
Data map: Cruyff in the game.
Legendary Godfather
After retiring, Cruyff still chose to fight for the football career, following the footsteps of the player's era, he turned into a football coach-starting from Ajax, and then went to Barcelona. In this place where he is regarded as a hero, Cruyff created the Barcelona "Dream Team" with Salinas, Guardiola, Koman, Stoichkov, and Romario.
This division has won all the honors of the club level and achieved four consecutive championships in La Liga. Today, there are still many Barcelona fans who regard Cruyff as an idol and think he is one of the best coaches in the history of the club.
In addition to those glorious glory, Cruyff brought the advanced football concept to the team, and Barcelona has been used to this day. As a theorist and practitioner of full-attack and full-defense football, he inherited and carried forward Michels' football philosophy and the essence of Dutch football, and further integrated the idea of transmission and control and offensive football to lead Barcelona to glory. It can be said that in the 20th century, Cruyff played football in the 21st century.
I have to admit that Cruyff ’s support and guidance for his juniors, as well as his promotion of football in the Netherlands and Spain, have strongly shaken world football. Although he has already passed away, his shining era has also gone away, but Cruyff's name and all his good memories with football are worthy of deep memory for future generations. (Finish)