Dennis Bergkamp, an elegant dancer who dances like a figure and plays like a ballet, he is the ice prince who belongs to the gunners, he is also a flightless Dutchman, a wild heel ball has been divided, will you remind you of bits and pieces about him?
Elegant Ice Prince
Born into a working-class family in Amsterdam, but his parents were avid fans, Bergkamp's name is taken from Manchester United legend Dennis Lao. Under the influence of his parents, Bergkamp has had a soft spot for football since he was a child, and he often trains in the yard with his three older brothers. At the age of 12, the talented Bergkamp joined the highly competitive Ajax training camp, and his abilities were quickly favored by then-head coach Cruyff.
(Bergkamp in the Ajax era has attracted much attention)
As the godfather of Dutch football, Cruyff is naturally also an idol of Bergkamp, and he also learned from Cruyff, honing his foot skills. After spending some wonderful years with Ajax, Bergkamp made an amazing decision: to turn down the invitations of ac Milan and Barcelona and join Wim Jonker in joining Inter Milan. He did not choose to follow in the footsteps of the predecessors of the Three Musketeers but chose to be a sworn enemy in the same city, more to prove himself in the "Little World Cup".
(Bergkamp's blue-black career was a disaster.)
But Inter's instability, competition in the front line, and incompatibility in position have all made Bergkamp's two years at Milan City depressed, and he has to find another way. At this time, Arsenal in transition threw an olive branch to Bergkamp, and he was also rejuvenated in North London, excellent foot skills, key handling in front of the penalty area are complementary to the gunners who insist on hitting the ground, elegant playing style makes countless people fall in love with this Arsenal and Bergkamp, ice clean appearance, elegant handling of the ball, let him gain the reputation of "Ice Prince".
(Arsenal have finally made Bergkamp really take off)
Flying Dutchman
After Wenger's arrival, Bergkamp became more successful and helped the team win the Premier League and FA Cup doubles. However, Bergkamp had a fatal flaw - he did not dare to fly. Because of his fear of flying, he was given the nickname "The Flyless Dutchman", and interestingly, Bergkamp's predecessor and idol, John Cruyff, happened to be nicknamed Flying Dutchman.
Bergkamp's reluctance to fly was mainly caused by two things, the first was that in 1988, the Dutch youth team went to Suriname to compete, and the Ajax team where Bergkamp was located refused to release people at that time, and did not expect that the Dutch youth team was on a flight crash, and all the players were killed. This stimulated him so much that he began to fly as little as possible. Later, after the Netherlands finished the 1994 World Cup in the United States, when they returned to Amsterdam from Boston, the plane's take-off time was delayed. When they got home, they were told that the mistake was because a terrorist claimed to blow up the plane, and the police had to conduct a full search until they were sure that there were no bombs before taking off.
Later, he said that he often encountered the tragedy of planes falling from the sky in his dreams, and he never flew again. As a result, Bergkamp is often unable to play away from Arsenal's European matches. If the race is so important that he has to participate, he will choose to take the train or drive himself to the away race. The physical fatigue caused by the fatigue of the long journey makes him often miss the races of his home country before and after these races.
On the way to say goodbye, Highbury was his companion
Elegant dancers are always able to dance the most beautiful ballet on the court. In 2001, during Arsenal's away match against Newcastle United, Bergkamp was in the box when he received a pass from Pires, and when he received a pass from Pires, he had a back-to-back ball that split, and the unsuspecting Newcastle defender could only witness Bergkamp's single-handed goal, which also went down in history forever, became a symbol of the Ice Prince, and almost made the best goal in the Premier League for two decades.
However, this was not Bergkamp's favorite goal, and the golden ball that killed Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 1/98 World Cup was his favorite. After 90 minutes of fruitless overtime, Bergkamp, with an astute forward thrust, unloaded the ball with his amazing foot technique, clipped the defender, and bounced into the net with the instep of his outer foot, which also sent the Orange Army to the final four.
After helping Arsenal make a great achievement, the 36-year-old Bergkamp has been unable to compete in the high-intensity green field, and chose to hang up his boots after the 2005/2006 season, it is worth mentioning that this is also arsenal's last season at the Former Home Highbury Stadium, and it is also a regret for Bergkamp not to continue to fight for the Gunners at the new stadium. But writing history with the battlefield that once sweated together, the Ice Prince also completed a perfect farewell.
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