Cruyff in a sentence

De Cruyff believes that reoccupying Crimea is very ambitious: “Then Putin will rush in with nuclear weapons and it will also be difficult because you have to cross two heads.

It never quite happened for Cruyff, who was sold by Barcelona after two years in their first team.

The 2019/20 season was somewhat disappointing, with Ajax only ending the campaign with the Johan Cruyff Shield.

The son declares himself a follower of the passing attack that Cruyff made the hallmark style of its teams.

Garcia controls a long ball superbly, Cruyff-turns Angeldal and finds Toone on the edge of the area to her left.

Halsema spoke of fans being "attacked, abused and pelted with fireworks" as they walked from the Johan Cruyff Arena to the centre of Amsterdam.

His stories about Maradona, Cruyff and Rinus Michels were a hit.

There was a Cruyff-turn in his own six-yard box, a couple of long-range jaunts from his own line to snuff out Arsenal talks and a mixed bag with his distribution.

All Johan Cruyff’s pre-match comments about Milan have come back to haunt him in one sensational goal, the sort that Holland 74 – or 94 – would have been proud to call their own.

Barcelona coach Quique Setién, a confessed follower of Cruyff’s school, needs a win to keep the pressure on leader Real Madrid.

Cruyff was arguably one of football’s greatest ever minds both on and off the pitch, but was mysteriously missing from the ‘78 Dutch squad.

Ever since Johan Cruyff returned to coach Barcelona in the late 1980s, the club has not wavered from its doctrine of dominating the ball and picking opponents apart with an intricate passing attack.

Of the four men seen smiling in the above photo, Cruyff is no longer around and the other two – Pep and former Barca technical secretary Txiki Begiristain – are in Manchester now.

As long as nothing happens tonight or tomorrow morning, he will start," Allegri said at Tuesday's pre-game press conference at the Johan Cruyff Arena.

The pitch is named after the late Dutch footballing legend Johan Cruyff as well as late Dons legend Neale Cooper, who died at the age of 54 last year.

The Spanish third-tier clash at Johan Cruyff Stadium was Abe's 10th appearan.

Under the guidance of manager Ronald Koeman, they have slowly and surely gotten back to play the level of soccer pioneered by former player and legend Johan Cruyff.

Books have been written in the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch star Johan Cruyff’s musings on football and life, some of them as hard to follow as one of his mazy runs.

But he also lifted the trophy on home soil four years later when West Germany ended the dream of Johan Cruyff and the Dutch, triumphing 2-1 in the final in Munich.

Cech, whose ball-playing ability has been under the microscope all season, attempted a Cruyff turn as Jay Spearing closed him down but could not evade the tackle.