Articles tagged with "ajax"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 23rd, 2009
Just a limited post on some football this weekend. Haven't seen much, so please comment or add to my comments...
In Holland, Feyenoord took the lead ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 22nd, 2009
And for the second time in this young season, Suarez was allowed to take the match ball home. It's the standard present for a player ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 18th, 2009
Dutch football brought forward many great talents. The best of them all - and debatable: the world - was Johan Cruyff. The Einstein of the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 16th, 2009
In weekend no. 3 one of the first six classics was programmed: PSV-Ajax in Eindhoven. A defeat at home would have resulted in the first ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 10th, 2009
Many have commented on Real Madrid's victory over Washington DC now. Always a tough game, Washington away :-). Good to see Robben not being affected ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 5th, 2009
Wim Suurbier was the right back in the Golden Ajax of the 70s and of Oranje. Suurbier was a tough cookie. An animal in the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 4th, 2009
Klaas Jan Huntelaar threw the towel some weeks ago and is active pursuing a new club. Rafael van der Vaart made up his mind now ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 3rd, 2009
And we're off!
Leaving all the pre-season shenanigans and friendlies and tours and tournaments behind us...
Last week we saw NAC, Twente and PSV impress in Europe ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 1st, 2009
Seven years after their first cooperation AZ midfielder and coach Ronald Koeman meet again. The 2002-03 season was the worst in the career of the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 27th, 2009
Ajax ended it's season warm up with a loss against Benfica (2-3) in the Amsterdam Tournament.
Just like in the Atletico game last Friday, Ajax created ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 25th, 2009
Friday night, Ajax presented itself to the home fans at the Amsterdam Tournament against Atletico Madrid.
Luis Suarez late penalty secured the draw against the Spanish ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 24th, 2009
The warm up towards the new season isn't over yet and we could still see some big moves happening (De Zeeuw to Ajax?) but for ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 22nd, 2009
AZ coach Ronald Koeman banned international Demy de Zeeuw from the group. The message is clear: AZ doesn't want to be screwed with!
It was a ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 22nd, 2009
There are as many opinions as there are fans. Some like the 1998 squad best, others dote on the current team, but for most connoisseurs ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 21st, 2009
It was a tiny article in the Dutch media at first. Olympique Lyon pays 18 million euros for Michel Bastos. Hmm...Bastos... Where did we hear ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 21st, 2009
Huntelaar bored in Madrid: oops...there goes C Ronaldo again...another dive....
VfB Stuttgart hopes to be able to present Klaas Jan Huntelaar as their new striker within ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 20th, 2009
Rinus Michels and Bill Shankly...separated at birth?
When we talk Classic Games, many many candidates come to mind. But this particular one is the Mother of ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 18th, 2009
And this is why some people love the pre-season shenanigans: their fave clubs win games against lesser opponents :-).
Although Sporting Lisbon can't be seen as ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 13th, 2009
AZ beats Feyenoord....
In Dutch football, there really isn't a top 3 anymore. Nowadays, we talk about the "traditional top 3" and in that case ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 12th, 2009
Hunter and C Ronaldo...
Technical director Jorge Valdano had a bit of a chat with Klaas Jan Huntelaar yesterday, about his status at Madrid. The former ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 12th, 2009
Wouldn't you want this man to be your mate?
Every football fan in the world knows Ajax. Ajax is synonymous with adventurous, attractive football.
In the 1970s ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 4th, 2009
Former Ajax star Johan Neeskens doesn't get it anymore. The current Galatasaray assistant coach sees a team playing in the Ajax jersey, and in the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 3rd, 2009
Seventeen years in a row, Edgar Davids spent his days on a football pitch. Last season, he was no longer. Retired? And then suddenly, yesterday, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 2nd, 2009
Louis van Gaal's first working day in Munich has been hailed by the German media. The new coach received compliments for his "warm words" during ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 1st, 2009
Johan Cruyff was silent this year. The last time he was actually big news was when Marco van Basten told him he didn't want to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 26th, 2009
For the first time in decades, Ajax started the new season with training yesterday without a new signing to present. The only new face was ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 23rd, 2009
Gerald Vanenburg was one of the first in a long line of artist football players. Circus acts, would be the criticism, mostly by people who'd ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2009
Patrick Kluivert hopes to get his coaching diploma at the end of his practicum at PSV. But that doesn't mean he's retired from football as ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 9th, 2009
A few days after the victory over Iceland Oranje will play Norway at home. John Heitinga is clear about his ambitions: "After this wonderful series ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 8th, 2009
Bobby Haarms in 2000, celebrating his retirement...
With the death of Bobby Haarms, Ajax lost one of the greatest club icons ever. This is what several ...
