'J.C.' - The Omnipresent Oracle
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Jesus Christ I saw many impressive JC compilations in my life, but never such a good one as these 9 minutes and 32 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRmJuiy_Y6w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRmJuiy_Y6w
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What a great JC compilation. He was truly one of the greats of the game and while players such as Christiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi may have scored more goals they did not have Cruyff's field presence.
Appie Nouri will forever be remembered for his grace and humanity on and off the pitch!
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A great 9 mins of the finest footballer I have ever seen ,and I am 66! Not seen any one as good let alone better.
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2 years ago today the genius left us ,simply the finest and most influential footballer of all time.He will never really leave us as he will always be Ajax.
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Officially confirmed it is now the Johan Cruijff Arena. About time although the media here in Uk have called it the JC Arena all season.
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I wonder if Feyenoord will follow suit and rename de Kuip, The Wim van Hanegem stadiumSPL schreef:Officially confirmed it is now the Johan Cruijff Arena. About time although the media here in Uk have called it the JC Arena all season.
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71 years ago today a legend was born.
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7 minutes of pure class:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqHLTYdqk3c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqHLTYdqk3c
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26 Johan Cruyff Quotes That Will Change Your Mind About Life And Football
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LxvqQknumQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LxvqQknumQ
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Who of you speaks Spanish?
You can put YouTube also on English subtitles, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d0FznKgThU
You can put YouTube also on English subtitles, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d0FznKgThU
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Yo hablo Espanyol. Muchas gracias amigo!!!Cruijff schreef:Who of you speaks Spanish?
You can put YouTube also on English subtitles, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d0FznKgThU
Naranja catorce
Appie Nouri will forever be remembered for his grace and humanity on and off the pitch!
Ajax coach Erik ten Hag
This video is going viral now about the current Ajax football under Erik ten Hag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLZkqQs ... e=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLZkqQs ... e=youtu.be
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3 years today since the greatest ever football died.His influence on the game will never die.
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Barca opening their new youth stadium named after JC and the first game next month Barca u19 v Ajax u19.Beautiful tribute to the great man.
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Just to give the English speaking Ajax community a quick update on JC: a new biography has been released, written by Auke Kok. I think he is a great author and has written many biographies which were all well received.
From the start he didn't have the cooperation of the Cruyff Foundation, which is (in my opinion) a good thing because the Cruyff Foundation demands to see only the positive of JC, not the flaws. And JC had some flaws. It becomes clear that Cruijff liked the ladies and cheated on his wife. His wife in turn, fell in love with a shady investor that nearly bankrupted Cruijff when he decided to invest in a pig farm. Not necessarily a flaw, but surprising to read: JC was nervous as hell before each game and suffered from headaches all the time, but when the whistle blew he excelled. Overall, it's a great read.
There is also a controversy around the book, because the author states that Cruijff received 1 million EUR annually from the Cruyff Foundation, which is a bit funny since the foundation is supposed to give the money to charity. The foundation sued him just prior to release of the book and the judge ordered that the book needed to be amended, because basically the foundation did not have the chance to defend these allegations. The author said he had 4 independent sources to back-up his claim, but because the foundation was not consulted, he had to withdraw the statement. Doesn't mean it's not true though....
From the start he didn't have the cooperation of the Cruyff Foundation, which is (in my opinion) a good thing because the Cruyff Foundation demands to see only the positive of JC, not the flaws. And JC had some flaws. It becomes clear that Cruijff liked the ladies and cheated on his wife. His wife in turn, fell in love with a shady investor that nearly bankrupted Cruijff when he decided to invest in a pig farm. Not necessarily a flaw, but surprising to read: JC was nervous as hell before each game and suffered from headaches all the time, but when the whistle blew he excelled. Overall, it's a great read.
There is also a controversy around the book, because the author states that Cruijff received 1 million EUR annually from the Cruyff Foundation, which is a bit funny since the foundation is supposed to give the money to charity. The foundation sued him just prior to release of the book and the judge ordered that the book needed to be amended, because basically the foundation did not have the chance to defend these allegations. The author said he had 4 independent sources to back-up his claim, but because the foundation was not consulted, he had to withdraw the statement. Doesn't mean it's not true though....
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Thanks for the post some interesting comments about JC.
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Also the author has confirmed in the court case that the exact statement (payment done by the foundation) is unlikely and that his sources probably have referred to income out of other sources
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Blimey 4 years ago since he left us.
Look up Dutch site on JC ,lovely pictures uploaded on our great man.
Look up Dutch site on JC ,lovely pictures uploaded on our great man.
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Thanks Cruijff for your lovely pictures of this great man
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Would have been 73 today .
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Still this is my favourite Cruijff compilation video, I think. Together with a 14 minute long video with the title Johan Cruijff is art.
Great video, many people will get emotional when watching this and nothing is wrong with that!A video absolutely worth watching:
http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/progra ... o/5591766/
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74 years ago today the great man was born. Lets celebrate with a win .