Articles tagged with "van-basten"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 5th, 2009
The season is almost two months old and PSV and Twente are above Ajax in the tables. At the same time, Ajax hasn't impressed in ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 31st, 2009
Rob van Dijk, oldie but goldie
Mario Been and Martin Jol are facing their first ever classic as coaches. The Amsterdam ArenA is the venue for ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 15th, 2009
Johan Derksen column:
Marco van Basten is back in football. This time as tv analist. There's a remarkable small amount of ex-players who have the guts ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 7th, 2009
Her miscarriage was a much debated topic at the EC 2008. The whole nation mourned the death of Khalid and Sabia Boulahrouz' daughter. And that ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 4th, 2009
Interesting results this weekend... Feyenoord wins (shouldn't surprise, but quite honestly still does a bit) with the help of young guns Wijnaldum, Biseswar and Slory. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 27th, 2009
Co Adriaanse: "I'm telling you Marco, you were a good race-horse but as a coach you still wore those eye-caps, my man!"
Due to busy-ness at ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 17th, 2009
My friends, despite Rafael van der Vaart, Dennis Bergkamp, Royston Drenthe and Castelen...no person has been served up in blog articles in the last years ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 7th, 2009
Five years ago, Gregory van der Wiel played street football in Amsterdam wearing a jersey with the name of one Robin van Persie on his ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 4th, 2009
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored eight goals in six games for Madrid but his third coach in 6 months didn't want to have him training with the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 19th, 2009
Johan Derksen's column in VI
Klaas Jan Huntelaar is a genuine provincial, from the land of typical Dutch boeren-rock band Normaal. Singer Bennie Jolink even lives ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 17th, 2009
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, ...
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 10th, 2009
Mario Been and new signing Sekou Cisse
"No sorry, you're speaking to the burglar" was what I heard when I asked the person on the phone ...
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 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
Ferdi Vierklau (36) only played two official internationals for Oranje. The former Vitesse, Utrecht and Ajax player warmed the bench ten times, but missed the ...
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 18th, 2009
Henk Fräser (42) played six games for Oranje. Now, he was a successful youth coach at Feyenoord, went to be the assistant coach at ADO ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 10th, 2009
It hasn't looked good for years: a relaxed Oranje taking a breather. Van Marwijk only needed two examples from recent history to prove his point ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 8th, 2009
Here's some of our gladiators saying farewell to the fans, only to be booed off the pitch...
42.000 supporters bought a ticket for Holland-Norway already. A ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 7th, 2009
Mark van Bommel will have a remarkable scoop against Iceland, this Saturday. He's been an international since 2000 but the up coming game will be ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 2nd, 2009
Rik van den Boog, general manager at Ajax, presented Martin Jol as their new coach last week. "Most people are positive and enthusiastic about Jol. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 28th, 2009
AZ's architects of success: Schaars, Van Gaal and Scheringa
Louis van Gaal named Schaars, Martens and Didulica his most important signings at the start of this ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 26th, 2009
The choice was: Danny Blind or Martin Jol. Ajax wanted a name, a coach with experience and a tough taskmaster. Martin Jol is all that. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 14th, 2009
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 ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 13th, 2009
Ajax Icon and former technical advisor Piet Keizer slams the club in his weekly column.
He refuses to call Ajax general manager Van den Boog by ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 11th, 2009
'Maduro y diez más', a local newspaper said the other day. Maduro and ten other players. In his second season at Valencia, Maduro made the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 11th, 2009
Who is more satisfied with himself? Jose Mourinho or Co Adriaanse? It's tight. Mourinho said last week in an interview: "I wouldn't call myself the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 8th, 2009
This is how Joey could have stopped that Suarez penalty...
Ajax had a tiny chance to play themselves back into Champions League mode against AZ Alkmaar. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 7th, 2009
After Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten is the third AC Milan crack failing as an Eredivisie coach.
Like his Milan buddies, Van ...
