One of the best players I have seen play the game - and at his peak with Ajax and Barcelona - and way better than anyone playing the game today. J.C. was way ahead of his time and played the game not only with his natural ability but also with his head, Cruyff was a massive thinker. Another sad advert for why smoking is bad for you. Such a loss and a sad day. But glad I saw the man at his very best. Another legend gone in what is fast becoming a bad 2016 so far. R.I.P. Johan Cruyff
Shocker best footballer ever in my opinion - every lad will remember trying to perfect the Cruyff turn at the local park. Quite simply a magician with the ball at his feet. RIP Johan
Some great quotes Cruyff on football “If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better.” “Jack [Charlton] makes out he is not really interested in football, and tells the world he’s going fishing. But we know what he’s thinking about when he’s fishing. Football.” “Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.” “Liverpool are like Bayern Munich, they are all about name and prestige. In footballing terms, we are talking about two horrible sides. In my opinion, a team is horrible if it is incapable of putting three passes together” – on the Champions League and Uefa Cup winners of 2001. “I only decided to become a manager when I was told I couldn’t.” “Look, the thing about [Filippo] Inzaghi is he can’t actually play football at all. He’s just always in the right position.” “I find it terrible when talents are rejected based on computer stats. Based on the criteria at Ajax now I would have been rejected. When I was 15, I couldn’t kick a ball 15 meters with my left and maybe 20 with my right. My qualities technique and vision, are not detectable by a computer.” “Why couldn’t you beat a richer club? I’ve never seen a bag of money score a goal.” “We showed the world you could enjoy being a footballer; you could laugh and have a fantastic time. I represent the era which proved that attractive football was enjoyable and successful, and good fun to play too.” You play football with your head, and your legs are there to help you.” “Sadly they played very dirty. This ugly, vulgar, hard, hermetic, hardly eye-catching, hardly football style... If with this they got satisfaction, fine, but they lost” – on the Netherlands’ 2010 World Cup finalists. “Italians can’t win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.” “The proudest moment of my career. I thought I’d win the ball for sure, but he tricked me. I was not humiliated. I had no chance. Cruyff was a genius” – Jan Olsson, the Sweden defender who was tricked by the Cruyff Turn at the 1974 World Cup.
Cruyff was surely the best footballer never to win the World Cup. The game has lost a legend. RIP Johan and thanks for the memories
Same thing as iv got Chaz. I think he must have had a bad reaction to chemo which makes it all the more sad as often they can get people into remission. :-(
TV, but even more so, radio, played a huge part in our lives, both home and abroad. Cliff was involved in all sorts of new initiatives, he was very good at them all. We talk about our youth, but it really wasn't so long ago, it's just that things now change in a blink - progress appeared so much slower, but was it, really?
Cannot disagree with that. Johan was the total footballer. Only saw him on TV mainly with the 1970's Dutch team. Voted European Footballer of the Century in 1999. RIP Johan.
I was at that game in Los Angeles in 1974 (?) (last frame of this video) where Cruyff showed what an incredible talent he was to Americans for the first time. Only player I've seen who came close to his phenomenal ball control was Georgie Best. Both left us far too soon. RIP Johan. http://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/wh...ff-to-ireland-with-an-outrageous-nutmeg/71279
Actress Rita Gam dead at 88. R.I.P. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rita-gam-dead-glamorous-actress-877486
