Dear Samoan fans, March 24 marks the fifth anniversary of the departure of Cruyff, the great godfather of Barca.
On this day in 2016, Cruyff's family issued a statement: Cruyff left peacefully in Barcelona after a grueling battle with cancer. Our Godfather left this land he loved so much forever.
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Slender body, handsome face, superb ball skills, dashing and flowing... Cruyff was the king of greenery of his time. He is from the famous Dutch club Ajax, with superb dribbling skills, extraordinary ballless consciousness and rapid running speed, known as the Dutch "flyer".
In 1973, he followed his mentor Michels to Barcelona, where the two began a legend. In the 13 years before that, Barca had lost the La Liga title, and Cruyff became the savior of the Red and Blue.
Cruyff, who had already achieved endless glory in Ajax, was successful when he first arrived at Barcelona, scoring twice in his first La Liga game in 1973-74, opening the team.
In the first season of the Dutchman's arrival, he helped Barca lift the La Liga trophy, and in his four years with Barca, Cruyff won 1 league title and 1 Copa del Rey for Barca.
Like flamingo in Spain, Cruyff turned football into an elegant art.
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After retiring from retirement, Cresn completed his transformation and returned to Barcelona as head coach. After taking charge of Barca in 1988, Cruyff served as manager and technical director, and he reinvented the club's style by instilling the tactical formations and football philosophy of the first team from top to bottom into the echelons at all levels.
He led Barca to one European title, one Cup Winners' Cup, two La Liga titles and one Copa del Rey, and Barca began its first generation of "Dream Team".
The "Dream II" and "Dream III" that Barça later opened were all thanks to the insight of the prophets of Kesheng.
Cruyff's vision is amazingly forward-looking, it can be said that he single-handedly promoted the foundation and concept of creating the La Masia Football Camp, and then created Barca's mature, stable and productive youth training system, as well as the backbone of world football.
Barca is deeply imprinted with Cruyff and his significance to the team is not limited to the role of manager. The long history of Barcelona is destined to leave a page of epic poems about the Dutch giants.
La Masia's proud protégé Harvey once said: If football is a religion, then Cruyff is God.
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The optimistic Cruyff, who is still ridiculing himself on social media after suffering from lung cancer, said that after the first half of the game, he is currently leading the disease 2:0, and some netizens hope that he will stage a hat-trick in the second half and win the disease 5:0. But in the end, Kesheng still left this world.
Five years apart, in heaven, you must be pleased to see the disciple Koman holding the whip and the children of La Masia carrying the banner!
Tribute to our eternal godfather, Cruyff!