In the century of football, we have heard that many superstars have been crowned the title of the king of the ball, but the ball saint is this aura belongs only to Cruyff alone, Beckenbauer once commented on him: "Now the player transfer value is hundreds of millions, if Cruyff is worth a billion in the contemporary body", Cruyff has a typical European type of male facial features, deep eyes, upturned nose bridge, if born in the moment will be fascinated by thousands of girls who like football, Cruyff has an unruly personality, He will be because of the captain's competition to transfer to other clubs, will be because of disagreements with the Football Association to withdraw from the national team, he also has extraordinary football wisdom, now let the major clubs envy the La Masia youth training is from his handwriting, and why he is called a football saint, because his football philosophy has influenced generations, but also to achieve peach and plum all over the world.
Cruyff played for the semi-professional Ajax at the age of 17, and Cruyff shined, the famous European coach Michels, michels brought the full attack and full defense tactics completely activated the Dutch superstar, Cruyff under the tutelage of Michels, Cruyff gradually became perfect, Ajax also joined the ranks of the strong team, and created a perfect record of three consecutive Dutch league titles, after an unexpected injury, Cruyff once again returned to the stadium to wear the No. 14 shirt, And a change of number also made the legend of the 14th, Cruyff led Ajax to dominate the Champions League, completed the great cause of the Champions League three consecutive titles, returned to Ajax in the captain's election Cruyff regrettably lost, Cruyff left Spain in a huff, and created the first transfer fee record in football at that time.
Cruyff reunited with his mentor Michels, and he quickly conquered the Camp Nou fans with his gorgeous skills and personality charm, helping the team win the league championship trophy for 14 years in the first season of joining, and led the team to a 5:0 victory over Real Madrid in the national derby that year, and this year's league championship also became the only league championship trophy in Barca in the Cruyff player era, and what is more surprising is that Cruyff chose to leave the game temporarily at the age of 31. After the investment failed, he made a comeback in the United States, returned to the place where the dream began at the end of his career, and finally announced his retirement at the age of 37 at Ajax and began his coaching career.
Cruyff's first team in charge is still Ajax, this as the beginning of his dream as a player has also become the starting point of his coaching career, he vigorously developed the concept of full attack and full defense tactics to spread the concept of offensive football, many fans were very surprised when they saw goalkeeper Neuer's position, why a goalkeeper stood so far ahead, and at that time Ajax goalkeeper stood near the middle circle is a common thing, and he left Ajax to coach Bartharona because of a contradiction with the club. This departure allowed him to lay the foundation for a future dynasty for Barcelona.
The new official took office three fires, the first time to Barcelona Cruyff, began to drastically transform the academy, he instilled the tactical concept of all attack and full defense into the youth training system, purging more than a dozen players in the first team at one time, including the captain Bernd Schuster, and his reforms soon paid off, the first season won the European Cup winners' cup, the next year defeated Real Madrid to win the La Liga King's Cup, although he did not win the league championship, when he won it was a four-time La Liga title. He also got his own player era did not help Barca to win the Champions League trophy, and that is also the first championship trophy in barca's Champions League history, and Cruyff's stubborn temper still does not change, and after disagreeing with the player Romario, he has a conflict with the barca president at the time, and finally chooses to resign and return to the family completely.
In addition to the title of ball saint, Cruyff also has another title "Dutch Flyer" Cruyff left fans with two classic pictures of football history in only one World Cup, one is in the group stage sweden, facing Olsen's defense, a gorgeous turn pass was later called "Cruyff turn", Olsen laughed in an interview: "Looking back at that picture I feel like a fool." Another is the classic picture of flying to score the ball when facing Brazil, this ball also gave Cruyff the title of "Dutch Flyer", but unfortunately Cruyff met the Federal Republic of Germany led by Beckenbauer in the final final, regrettably lost, and then lost to Czechoslovakia in the semi-finals of the Euro 76 to win the third place, and also let the Dutch team have the title of uncrowned king, and Cruyff withdrew from the Dutch national team because of dissatisfaction with the Dutch Football Association in the 78 World Cup. Cruyff went with the team that year, and maybe that year's World Cup winner would be the Netherlands.
If you want to say who is the most proted in the world football, I think it will be Cruyff, Borgkamp, Rijkaard, Van Basten in the Ajax period, Laudrup, Haji, Koman, Guardiola in the Barca period, and then to the stars who traveled late in La Masia's youth training, such as Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Pique and Xiaofa, Cruyff's disciples spanned two eras, and his tactical philosophy is still used by La Masia, I think this is why Cruyff will be called the ball saint, It is a pity that the football saint died of lung cancer in 2016, and Ajax changed the name of the home stadium to "John Cruyff" to commemorate him, and the football world will never forget such a heroic godfather who promoted the full attack and full defense of gorgeous football and peach and plum, he is also the eternal ball saint in the hearts of fans - John Cruyff