http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'michels' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/the-rise-of-ajax-in-the-1970s.html Jan 2009-10-17 23:22:25 The Ajax group is training on the airstrip of the Cape Verdian Islands (1972, on their way to the world cup match against Independiente in ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/oranje-1974-rob-rensenbrink.html Jan 2009-09-01 01:16:08 Holland prides itself over the years to have produced so many great players. With strikers like Cruyff, Geels, Kist, Houtman, Kieft, Van Basten, Bergkamp, Kluivert, ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/oranje-1974-johan-neeskens.html Jan 2009-08-18 05:01:49 Dutch football brought forward many great talents. The best of them all - and debatable: the world - was Johan Cruyff. The Einstein of the ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/where-are-they-now-harry-kruzen.html Jan 2009-08-17 01:59:58 Standing left to right: Joop Hiele, John van 't Schip, Frank Rijkaard, John Bosman, Wim Koevermans (?), Ruud Gullit Seated left to right: Marco van Basten, ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/oranje-1974-wim-suurbier.html Jan 2009-08-05 17:22:52 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/oranje-1974-arie-haan.html Jan 2009-07-22 04:54:02 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/classic-games-ajax-liverpool-1966-the-fog-game.html Jan 2009-07-20 10:23:08 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/thanks-for-the-memories-oranje-1985.html Jan 2009-07-17 02:06:15 George Grun. A very sympathetic and able Belgium defender of the 1980s. In Belgium, he's a hero. In Holland, we cringe when we hear his ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/rene-van-der-gijp-winger-and-joker.html Jan 2009-05-14 22:48:49 Every now and then, Holland produces a player who never achieves his potential as a player but does achieve a status after his career. Rene ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/ajax-wereldclub-a-wonderful-book.html Jan 2008-12-25 23:16:38 Johan Cruyff is the only player to take of his shoes and socks as well when he jogs on the airstrip of the Cap Verdian ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/bayern-munich-humiliates-cruyff-and-ajax.html Jan 2008-12-16 02:26:09 It's 30 years ago that Johan Cruyff was presented with a huge hangover after his farewell match against Bayern Munich. November 7, 1978 and Ajax ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/the-1974-bild-swimming-pool-incident.html Jan 2008-11-30 04:23:48 Oranje had qualified for the WC1974 finals. Cruyff and Neeskens beat Brazil and West Germany - not playing a very impressive tournament so far - ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/1974-memories.html Jan 2008-11-25 07:16:24 Nees was always polite when people accidentally bumped into him... Here we go for 1974 then... I do surrender my age with this one :-). But, most ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/the-1990-disaster.html Jan 2008-11-23 23:31:49 I actually thought I wrote about this earlier, but I can't find the post anywhere :-(. So here goes, by popular demand... What happened at (or ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/graeme-rutjes-we-had-to-win-the-wc1990.html Jan 2008-11-22 10:58:57 Graeme Rutjes (48) played 13 matches for Oranje. The former Excelsior, KV Mechelen and Anderlecht defender is now the general manager of a golf resort ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/background-stories/dutch-masters-adrie-van-tiggelen.html Jan 2008-08-22 08:30:33 Adrie now... EC1988 winner Adrie van Tiggelen is assistant coach at Sparta and is a happy trooper. "Head coach Foeke Booy allows me to do the ...