A whole generation of
class act players was Johan Cryuff part, the great Dutchman who was a top class
in the field as a player, Manager and scholar of the game itself.
Being among the
pantheon of immortals that included the likes of Pele and Franz Beckenbauer,
who this latter one and his German National squad that beat Cryuff Netherlands
in the 1974 World Cup.
So close and still so
far away for this virtuoso of the football fields and one that wrote many
memorable pages of gold in the annals of this sport in the world stages.
Today’s as the world
learned about this man’s succumb to cancer, many who knew his achievements in
and outside the field will be missing his all-around wisdom of the game he
loved so much and represented proudly.
Leaving a big hollow
space in the annals of world football a man of many battles some he lost and
other won proudly, today at the age of 68 years old, his life came short after losing
a long battle with cancer.
Still one man dubbed,
as Genius is a word that comes short to remember, his ways of being so
motivated and poised to offer in his playing years exemplary acts of kindness
and top-notch spectacle in every match he participated.
As a professional
with an impressive CV from his early years from his beloved Ajax of Amsterdam
were he won all the glories in the Eredivise and in the always-prestigious
European competitions.
Alongside of making
his native Netherlands a force not to be messed with in the world stages and above-mentioned
defeat, still this man saw his squad shine through in the qualifiers to
Argentina 1978.
Here Cryuff marked
another milestone by qualifying the Netherlands squad as a last contribution
and his national team by retiring in 1977, despite him not being in the
national squad his influence made his squad reach into the finals to lose to hosts
Argentina.
As a manager with Barcelona
and Ajax this man won it all and conquered the sky the limits and really wrote
many memorable pages in these clubs.
Considered a great
among giants, his generation of notable payers of the likes of Pele, Bobby Charlton,
Pele, Carlos Alberto, George Best, Eusebio, Teofilo Cubillas, Franz Beckenbauer
and Wolfang Overath to mention a few.
Still his
achievements outside the pitch were outstanding as in his playing years in
American soil in that disappeared North American Soccer League, his stints with
the Los Angeles Aztecs and Washington Diplomats.
Were in the eyes of
many huge and considered as a big promoter of the game in a nation that knew so
little about the game that at the end went to love it, considered as one of his
legacies not as big as Pele contributions in American fields.
At the end the legacy
and all around class left by this man in his play days that made the beautiful
game delightful and charming in every sense of the word, thank you Maestro
Johan Cryuff for your one of a kind legacies.
Rest in Peace!
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