Articles tagged with "neeskens"
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Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 17th, 2009
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 ...
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: England World Cup Team Blog by Rob | Jul 20th, 2009
So, right now former England captain David Beckham is not exactly the most popular man in America. After his spell in Europe (at the behest ...
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 | Jun 29th, 2009
In England, Bryan Robson was named the best English player ever. Bobby Robson - no relation - uttered the words in 1990 and there was ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 24th, 2009
Kieft's "failed" header against Ireland 1988
Traditionally in football, the center forward was a big and strong finisher, almost always good with the head. Think Joe ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2009
Frank Rijkaard is back in the top of European club football. After taking a rest for a year, the 46 year old Amsterdam born chose ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 4th, 2009
They stood ready in line, lip syncing to the Wilhelmus. This time, a man who may only have played once in the orange jersey but ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 17th, 2009
NEC's penalty specialist El-Akchaoui
It appears to be so simple. The penalty kick. You, the ball, eleven meters and that goal. Oh, and somewhere there is ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 31st, 2009
Siem de Jong celebrates his goal...
Four days after the spectacular win of Nederland B over Young Germany, the talented Italians couldn't be defeated. The 1-1 ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 31st, 2009
Elia: Actually, I don't need a bike....
The majority of the Dutch clubs hope that Oranje B will play their last game tonight, against Young Italy. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 27th, 2009
Ricky van Wolfswinkel celebrates his goal...
Oops... I owe Johan an apology. And Dennis. And Arthur...
I sort neglected and ignored Nederland B here... Not purposely. It's ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 20th, 2009
Bert uses this dog to train his defenders...
Today, Oranje and Bert van Marwijk will start their preparation for the qualification games against Scotland and Macedonia. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 3rd, 2009
They were ready to sing the National Anthem. Only once... In this chapter, Wim Meutstege, the former player of Excelsior, Sparta and Ajax.
The Dutch team ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 1st, 2009
Willy van de Kerkhof was an amazing midfielder. Lungs like a horse(no Finn, lungs not hung), vision, tough in the challenge and always motivated, always ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 24th, 2009
It's the ultimate solution when there are no more football solutions left to win the ball back. Although for some players, it is/was their trade ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 23rd, 2009
A young Willy van der Kuylen on the left...
Somehow, when we talk about European successes of Dutch teams, it's about Feyenoord (they won the first ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 1st, 2009
It doesn't matter how many Ronaldinho's, Messi's, Gerrard's, Pato's or Biseswar's we have to discuss, the 1974 Oranje team will always titillate us...
In 2009, we'll ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 3rd, 2009
Arsenal has renewed Nacer Bazarite's contract, the Gunners announced this week. Arsenal refers to a "long-term" deal.
The 18 year old Dutchman plays on loan for ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 9th, 2008
New book: Football in a dirty war
When the elegant playmaker Hansi Muller decided to approach his coach Ernst Happel when both at FC Tirol with ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 2nd, 2008
Rensenbrink hits the post in the dying seconds...
It's easy in our memories to jump from the WC1974 (Rinus Michels, Total football, Johan Cruyff, Clockwork Orange, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 30th, 2008
Oranje had qualified for the WC1974 finals. Cruyff and Neeskens beat Brazil and West Germany - not playing a very impressive tournament so far - ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 22nd, 2008
Royston Drenthe made his return to a Dutch pitch to play with Holland B against Young Sweden.
Summer 2008 was a summer to quickly forget. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 21st, 2008
The best of the rest of the Eredivisie and Royston Drenthe proved to be a "nice team" but couldn't avoid losing 0-3 against Young Sweden...
Fresh ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 12th, 2008
Yep! It's official... Take out the champagne. Make faces to Germans, Portuguese and Italians.
The Netherlands (i.e. Holland, i.e. Oranje) has leapfrogged Brazil in the FIFA ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 11th, 2008
PSV, Ajax, Feyenoord and Heerenveen have some serious resistance against the KNVB's newly installed Oranje B team.
The four clubs are investigating whether there is a ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 25th, 2008
Dennis Bergkamp will combine his apprenticeship at Ajax with a job at the KNVB. He will be part of the staff presiding over the new ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 10th, 2008
The KNVB site sometimes publishes interesting Top 11 lists... In Dutch, as you know. This time around: the toughest players...
11. Mark van Bommel
Doesn't shy away ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 6th, 2008
Let's keep them votes coming it...
I can't help but organize this in a 4-3-3 system, so some players will have to play in a different ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 15th, 2008
It was eleven months or so ago, when Nigel de Jong sat down to have a good talk. With himself. "This has to be your ...
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