The football world mourns her legend Johan Cruyff. Media and fans honored on Friday the former playmaker, who is considered one of the best footballers in history.
Cruyff was on Thursday for “a hard battle with cancer” at the age of 68 years in Barcelona in the company of family members died. In its Dutch home special programs ran on TV, the newspapers printed special supplements. “J.C. Superstar “was the headline of Nrc.next on Good Friday. “Immortal” headlined the Algemeen Dagblad. “Cruyff genius”, “Cruyff football artist” and “Cruyff the Redeemer” praised the music the legendary players and coaches, among others, Ajax Amsterdam and FC Barcelona.
Cruyff was with the Netherlands in 1974 Vice- world champion and also coined as coach of FC Barcelona, an era. He led the Catalans 1992 victory in the European Champions Cup, he had won as a professional three times with Ajax Amsterdam.
In Amsterdam erected hundreds of fans at his birthplace, a monument of flowers, candles and messages. Thousands wore a Kondolenzlisten in the Internet. The Dutch team was about to interrupt their match against France on Friday evening in Amsterdam in the 14th minute for a minute’s silence. Also at the Camp Nou of FC Barcelona stadium, a memorial place was built.
A photo of Cruyff in the Oranje jersey with the famous number 14 emblazoned on numerous European newspapers. The British Guardian compared his status to that of the Beatles and Rolling Stones. “Heaven has a new playmaker,” headlined “The Sun”. “He was the game,” said the French sports newspaper “L’Equipe” recalled the founder of modern Total Football.
From the world reacted football greats affected. “Johan Cruyff was a great player and coach,” said Pele. “He leaves behind an important legacy for our football family. We have lost a great man, “Franz Beckenbauer was shocked:”.. He was not only a very good friend, but also a brother to me “
” Johan is one in the series of Rembrandt and van Gogh, “said Ajax Amsterdam coach Frank de Boer. Even for the Dutch King Willem-Alexander Cruyff was an icon. “Johan Cruyff was one of us.”
“The Netherlands have lost a vision of the world. He brought our football on the world map, “said Hollands former world class player Ruud Gullit the sad news. “Words can the loss, we feel, not described,” it said at the Dutch Football Association.
As a player, Cruyff was revered for his wit and Tordrang, his hometown club Ajax Amsterdam led the brilliant creative Players 1971-1973 three times to win the national champion cups. In November 2015 Cruyff broke after a conflict with the club top with his hometown club and gave up its duties as an advisor.
Cruyff, who had been a heavy smoker until the early 90s, had made his lung disease in autumn publicly , After the first chemo-therapies he wrote in mid-February: “I have a feeling, with 2: 0 to lie in the first half of a game front, which is not yet over. But I’m sure I’m going to win it. “
In recent days, it was him,” “gone very surprising for all suddenly much worse, shared his management on Dutch television with.
The great concern after the announcement of his illness had Cruyff done well. The reactions were “emotionally moving and heartwarming,” he wrote in a column published in October. “I am very proud of the appreciation that speaks from all reactions.”
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