Football is art, and great football is
great art. And Johan Cruyff was indeed one of the greatest football
artists the world has ever seen. His greatness went beyond his
outstanding technical skills and physical qualities, but what made
him one of the men that has changed football, was that he perhaps
more than anybody else, was the first great footballer who “thought”
football; who combined his skills and his brains to develop a whole
new style of football.
As a player he won three European Cups
with Ajax Amsterdam, as well as la Liga and Copa del Rey with FC
Barcelona. He also, more than any of the other immensely talented
players of a great Dutch generation, symbolized the Total Football
that took the Netherlands to two World Cup finals, and made them
darlings of the world.
As a manager he took all his skills to
create a style of football that led FC Barcelona to four league
titles in a row in the early 1990s, and FC Barcelona's first ever
European Cup triumph in 1992. More than anyone else he created the
foundation for the FC Barcelona style of today, meaning that not only
Barcelona should be thankful, but also the Spanish national team, who
would never have won the 2010 World Cup without that style.
The Netherlands, Spain, and the entire
football world should be sad with his parting, but at the same time
thankful for everything he gave to the entire football world.
An artist and a genius is joining
Heaven's top League today.
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