Cruyff was the ultimate leader on the pitch throughout his career despite his frail but sinewy stature. He always dictated teammates and he had their humble respect especially in the Dutch squad amongst the biggest egos ... they were aware nobody ever took the ball from Cruijff feet unless he was to blame for it himself. Superior technique, vision and start speed thats what made him the greatest ever. Simple facts.
A joy to watch, what a player, super control and accelaration, incredible awareness of where the entire defense is. What a great player. To me is without question among top 5 all time.
Chaval, dennis bergkamp es un grandioso jugador y lo habrás visto mucho por la tele, pero no tiene punto de comparación con el gran Johan. Tengo 50 tacos y vi, en directo, todos sus partidos en el Camp Nou y antes, por TV, algunos de su gloriosa etapa en el Ajax. Desde entonces, no he visto nada igual. Ni siquiera Messi. Johan es el mejor. Por los siglos...
@1000PIPAS por qué me insultas? Una cosa es que no te guste mi opinión en un tema tan subjetivo como un estilo de juego y otra que me insultes. A quien le falta inteligencia es a tí y te exijo, don @1000PIPAS, que te disculpes.
@tavisho Johan Cruyff ha llevado a su selección a la final del mundial, aunque no hayan podido ganarla el premio a mejor jugador del mundial lo ganó 3 veces, es un record junto a Platini y Di Stefano, ha salido campeón con Barcelona y Ajax.. Claramente es mejor que Denis...
looks like Cruyff and Maradona were the only players that could win everything all by themselves. Ajax and Napoli were really weak before those players respectively joined those teams. and what happened then? we all know. Was there any other revolutionary player like them? remind me if I'm wrong.
That's why I'm proud to be Dutch. We may not have won the amount of trophies we should've won but we (Ajax) produce players that'll last forever in people's minds. Now Barca is continuing the legacy with their own stellar players, Catalan and Spanish and a very special Argie. Let's hope Cruyff can get things going at Ajax so we can at least enjoy beauty again.
For the people that are talkin about messi being with the greats. I love messi and i am an barcelona and argentina fan, but mess has to work on his right foot. it his only weak point.
notice how many times he gets hit and doesn't go down, he only falls when he gets taken out by the other players, but you don't see him cry about it. this is back when futbol players were men and not prissy little girls like now
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What i like about his ball control is that you always feel he s taken a touch too many, and probably the defender thinks as well, that s when they lunge and he leaves them for dead
@om82lndn thats what makes different his dribbling, sometimes long controls may work better than short ones, cuz the defenders cant c a pattern to decipher the next move, johan surely know how to use his speed
Messi reminds me of all this past legends like Maradona,cryuff,george best, garrincha n many others is just that messes dribbling is a bit different wen he dribbles it looks like he has the ball glued to his feet!! BUT ALL THIS LEGENDS SHOW HOW FOOTBALL IS PLAY!!
to me, half of the highlights look like terrible defending more than skill.. for example at 0:51 seconds, who the hells just runs at a player like that in their own box?
@moneyfighter It's hard to say really. I mean how many full games week in week out have you seen of pele? It's hard to compare then from now if you ask me. Not only does football change but you can't really give a true opinion from 5 min youtube clips. They are all legends from different eras. But football changes, the boots, the pitches, the amount of space players are given, etc.
@ItsTheRealHoudini this is the 70s and everyone would look gay with those shorts thats not the point, the point is that this guy is one of the greatest players ever and btw its football not soccer.
@ElGeneral444 I know it's football , I came from Europe too, but I've been living in US for a long time.. and g ot used to "soccer".And yes,the shorts are the problem,and yes the guy is brilliant
@ItsTheRealHoudini Don't allow people to censor what you write. Most of the English people world call the spoert soccer and call it soccer if you want to. Bullying to call it football is just a form of language fascism. I call it soccer as well so yah boo sucks to the fascists.
@MegaMembership no , not mad , and no , no current psv player did that , but i took psv as an aexample , the top players of the world who play for top teams do . messie rooney ronaldo etc are in the national team and play almost all matches . i checked psv as example as i know where to get that info , last year i heard the exact stats bout dirk kuijt , he did an insane number of matches , the year that we reached the wc final .
To add to my comment my friend we now know that the assumed increase in athletic speed since the 70s revealed by World records is largely based on drug taking. In fact human athletic ability is largely identical to what it was. The idea games are twice as fast is frankly nonsensical.
@isitcosimblack Given that Cruyff's legacy is Total Football and La Masia his mouth must be pretty big to be bigger than that !!!! You prefer Messi. That's OK many do. However what you must recognise is that Messi will never and has never faced the constant knee high tackling and tackling from behind that Cruyff faced. The fact tis that life was far far harder for flair players then. Nowadays they are protected. To say any player is "much" higher than Cruyff is frankly wild exaggeration.
@tigerarmyrule yes , you forget that todays players are all in abnormal shape , messi cuts trough oponents defence weekly , with his 60 some kilos , this video could be messi in slomo , besides , im dutch as cruijff is , and he always had and still has a big mouth . and in cruijffs time they played 1 match a week , nowadays they end up with 80 matches in 9 months .
@isitcosimblack 80 full 90 min matches? I doubt it. I suspect that if you compare Messi match time to Cruyff match time there will be little or no difference. You forget tactical subbing is a new thing. As for slomo much of the vid IS slomo so the point is irrelevant as is his big mouth. Not only was Cruyff every bit as good as any player now but he was every bit as good as Maradona and more elegant. IMO the best ever player. I like Messi my friend. A special player....so was Cruyff.
@tigerarmyrule you doubt it . . . . go check facts before you want to put up 'doubt ' as an argument , todays scedules ae nearly twice the amount , fact , todays game is nearly twice the speed , and cruijf was known as a heavy smoker . i have to see this dick in the media every week , he is cocky , not very intelligent , and very annoying , he thinks he is gods gift to the world
@isitcosimblack You clearly dislike Cruyff which is fair enough. Todays games are not twice the speed and todays schedules are not nearly twice the amount. Domestic League and cup are the same, Successful CL is 14 games compared to 10 and with tactical subbing game time is identical. As I say you are entitled to dislike Cruyff but your dislike is leading you to state as facts what are only wild exaggerations.
@isitcosimblack Yes it's true football game had changed over time , to more speed & physical , saying the game is twice the speed is ridiculous . But not to forget football was more rough & dirty compare to now . Back then if you were to dribble past the defender , you will get a hard tackle from the back , you don't get it now , do you ?
@isitcosimblack Without Johan Cruyff , Barcelona are unlikely to have become the best club side in the world today . The Dutchman changed the entire philosophy at the Catalan club , recommending an Ajax-style youth academy be installed as he departed as a player in 1978 .
And without his influence , we may never have seen Pep Guardiola and all the other Barca players you had known now .
@isitcosimblack You're mad to say 80 matches in 9 months , normal footballer don't play that much (the most you can get is 50 matches in a year , definately not 9 months) , if you don't understand how tiring it is for a player to have played 2/3 matches in a week . 80 ? Surely you're exaggerating .
@MegaMembership ok , since your denyin the obvious i checked , my team [ psv eindhoven] played in the seison 2010-2011 a total of 38 competition matches , 14 european matches , 8 national trophy matches and the dutch national team played 10 matches [ world cup excluded] this is 70 matches . the seison started in late august 2010 and ended in late may 2011 , this is 10 months , but we have a winter-stop in january of about 5-6 weeks . so they play this in a timespan of 40 weeks .
@isitcosimblack Name me the player which appear in all games for PSV ? Not all PSV players played for national team ? Neither will the coach risk starting his players for 70 matches ? You mad bro ?
@isitcosimblack So do the players get "70" or ''80'' matches in a year ? Answer = No . They're human not some superhuman with super stamina and mentality to stay the their best for so many games .
Cleverer than maradonna is ... he was the best. And for Messi .. he has something from all of those players... Pele 's character and scoring ability, cruyff 's intelligence in the pitch and some of his movements and maradonna 's dribbling skills and speed.
this is the real genius. Stylish top 5 best very player - no question. Great Manager - no question. Footballing innovator as a player, as a manager and as a football club leader - no cruyff - no Pep, Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta or mayb even Messi. True class
Cruyff was my idol. I've never seen a perpendicular dribbling like he did. Messi is usually horizontal. Cruyff movements were beauty like a dancer. He was not the best with the ball (Maradona) but he had the best change of rythm, the highest speed. He played perfectly with both legs. It was so easy for him that the defenser loose the balance!. Defects: Heavy smoker, he didn't like to train very much. There is a young player in Barcelona very similar: Deulofeu
@JtotheROC This is why anticipation is very important, if you know what is gonna happen on the field you can win a vew steps with starting the run earlier.
Every football player is born with their different style of play.. This guy was a prime at his time.. Maradona was parime at his time and also Pele but now its Messi's turn. Messi all the way.
wawww SI QUE ESTE ES CRUYFF con razon solo pele esta arribe de el fue muy bueno 1 pele 2 cruyff 3 beckenbauer 4di estefano 5 maradona yo tambien coincido con la fifa
i have seen a lot of maradona games from a 12disc dvd box i have about him..I have only seen clips from Cruyff but i got to say that the most impressive close control and technique from the oldies had George Best and im a Barca fan since Ronaldinho..
@KKRULO lol what? that's it? running accros the field and go past numerous players isnt that easy bro, the technique he simply uses is pure magic, he made it look easy, changes direction with such perfect balance and ball control which makes him virtually impossible to defend against as he always has the extra second on you. He made the defenders look like crap.
@MrAsetgraffiti Ronaldinho? Roberto Carlos? Mekelelele? I could name so many more footballers. you can't limit the best players the world has seen to a top 5 list, you just can't
i dont care who was the best in history!! im just glad in our time were watching some1 like messii!! who brought good memories of old legends, like the dribbling of MARADONA,N GEORGE BEST n scores as much like PELE n with a great finish like PHENOMENO RONALDO, with a vision like CRUFF or THE GREAT ZIDANE. he has a little bit of everything...LETS JUST ENJOY THE FOOTBALL THIS PLAYERS GIVE US..... FOOTBAL=<3
para un poquito ariel, en argentina existion un jugador llamado jose manuel moreno, la bestia ledecian , jugo en river, era mejor que maradona, y yo soy Uruguayo, mi padre lo vio jugar y eh charlado con veteranos argentinos que tambien dicen lo mismo
[(Pele + Messi) x Zidane] ^ Cruyff = Maradona!
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ironland75 1 day ago
Cruyff was the ultimate leader on the pitch throughout his career despite his frail but sinewy stature. He always dictated teammates and he had their humble respect especially in the Dutch squad amongst the biggest egos ... they were aware nobody ever took the ball from Cruijff feet unless he was to blame for it himself. Superior technique, vision and start speed thats what made him the greatest ever. Simple facts.
braller1 5 days ago
Does anyone know ANY current player that stays standing like Cruyff?
Cocaine8711 5 days ago
WOW Awesome acceleration ! 1:36
mido3003 1 week ago
A joy to watch, what a player, super control and accelaration, incredible awareness of where the entire defense is. What a great player. To me is without question among top 5 all time.
MarceloHardoy 1 week ago
the name of this song,please?
TheMadeo 1 week ago
Oh yes my dad alwayes tell me cruyff the best ever and now im join to his opinion
the refree sall from holland the cup in 2010 but god will give the cup in 2014 to the orange team
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Elchaidadon 1 week ago
i love old skool football
jztcsoccer 1 week ago
best acceleration and best possesion for a player wich loved to keep the ball away from its own body!
poatenamchef 1 week ago
I don't see why Johan Cruyff is not on fifa with Classic XL team?
apdfreaky 1 week ago
why's he flop so much
scoutsouljademoman 2 weeks ago
proves you dont have to do 300 stepovers to beat 1 guy COUGH COUGH c ronaldo
Sageaoki 2 weeks ago 2
Chaval, dennis bergkamp es un grandioso jugador y lo habrás visto mucho por la tele, pero no tiene punto de comparación con el gran Johan. Tengo 50 tacos y vi, en directo, todos sus partidos en el Camp Nou y antes, por TV, algunos de su gloriosa etapa en el Ajax. Desde entonces, no he visto nada igual. Ni siquiera Messi. Johan es el mejor. Por los siglos...
ramelow100 2 weeks ago
@ramelow100 tienes toda la razón
andyparra3 2 weeks ago
Wuooooo que gran video, Cruijff un genio, el genio de los 70s en el fútbol mundial!
andreyus08 3 weeks ago
es mejor denis bergkamp pero por mucho
tavisho 3 weeks ago
@tavisho tu eres tonto ? sabes algo de futbol? no compares a denis con cruyff por que no ay comnparacion
1000PIPAS 3 weeks ago
@1000PIPAS por qué me insultas? Una cosa es que no te guste mi opinión en un tema tan subjetivo como un estilo de juego y otra que me insultes. A quien le falta inteligencia es a tí y te exijo, don @1000PIPAS, que te disculpes.
tavisho 3 weeks ago
@tavisho lo de tonto lo retiro , lo de que no sabes nada de futbol no lo retiro por que es verdad no tiene ni comparacion denis con cruyff
1000PIPAS 3 weeks ago
@tavisho Johan Cruyff ha llevado a su selección a la final del mundial, aunque no hayan podido ganarla el premio a mejor jugador del mundial lo ganó 3 veces, es un record junto a Platini y Di Stefano, ha salido campeón con Barcelona y Ajax.. Claramente es mejor que Denis...
TheGalgoo 3 weeks ago
oiga don @TheGalgoo esto no es un concurso de trofeos sino de jugadores y dennis era más decisivo
tavisho 3 weeks ago
@tavisho cruyff es mucho mejor que denis
1000PIPAS 3 weeks ago
@tavisho Denis Bergkamp mejor que Cruyff? de cual fumas amigo? se ve que es muy buena!
KingDcome11 2 weeks ago
cruyf el mejor de la historia junto con messi
1000PIPAS 4 weeks ago
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1991titanium 3 weeks ago
looks like Cruyff and Maradona were the only players that could win everything all by themselves. Ajax and Napoli were really weak before those players respectively joined those teams. and what happened then? we all know. Was there any other revolutionary player like them? remind me if I'm wrong.
Rafals1993 4 weeks ago
the 30 dislikes shows if their internet connection is too slow to buffer the skills
rekopbook 4 weeks ago
2:15 OUCH!!! :D
Vgnwes 1 month ago
in my best ever taem J.C.would play..
MsVelemajstor 1 month ago
music is just sensational....
pritsi13 1 month ago
es de otro mundo
1000PIPAS 1 month ago
What I like about his dribbling is that it is not fancy like others but it is so damn effective!
shafuu 1 month ago
de otreo mundo!!
vidalico85 1 month ago
That's why I'm proud to be Dutch. We may not have won the amount of trophies we should've won but we (Ajax) produce players that'll last forever in people's minds. Now Barca is continuing the legacy with their own stellar players, Catalan and Spanish and a very special Argie. Let's hope Cruyff can get things going at Ajax so we can at least enjoy beauty again.
pinsulani 1 month ago
@pinsulani Johan Cruyff was having sex with Franz Beckenbauers wife before the 1974 world cup.
AmsterdamKutscheet 1 week ago
i think Cruyff's even better than Pele
27bbas 1 month ago
Footballers need to take tips from these footballing legends. Not ruining the game by diving. Just getting on with the game because they love it.
craigyt1 1 month ago
I watched this video really 2000 times. often for 3 years !!! NO WAY !
David20092 1 month ago
CRUYFF WAS MARADONA BEFORE MARADONA...
MsVelemajstor 1 month ago
@MsVelemajstor Maradonna is fake.. drugs, disrespect to opponents, and footballwise he may only polish johan cruyff's shoes
blaadjes25 1 month ago
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MsVelemajstor 1 month ago
@blaadjes25 you are wright but Maradona is Maradona respect forever...
MsVelemajstor 1 month ago
Who is better Cruyff, Messi or Ronaldo (Brazil)
Daniel96sj 1 month ago
@Daniel96sj Maradona...
MsVelemajstor 1 month ago
This Johan is a genius
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8020dodi 1 month ago
For the people that are talkin about messi being with the greats. I love messi and i am an barcelona and argentina fan, but mess has to work on his right foot. it his only weak point.
heavyrules6699 1 month ago
The name of this song,please?
TheMadeo 1 month ago
notice how many times he gets hit and doesn't go down, he only falls when he gets taken out by the other players, but you don't see him cry about it. this is back when futbol players were men and not prissy little girls like now
boostcesar 1 month ago 33
@boostcesar Bravo!
mamonreyes 3 weeks ago
gulp =)
elitemook 1 month ago
Messi + Zidane = Cruyff !
MoLetalis 1 month ago 14
@MoLetalis no no Zidane is better than cruyff
MrFaradinho 1 month ago
@MrFaradinho
Cruijff is 64 years old, Zidane 39.
MoLetalis 4 weeks ago
@MoLetalis i mean when they were both on their best
MrFaradinho 4 weeks ago
@MrFaradinho
I think Johan Cruyff was slightly better. He could play striker, winger, midfield, even defender...
MoLetalis 4 weeks ago
el mejor jugador de la historia junto con messi
1000PIPAS 1 month ago
Making the def look like idiots :D
SWEKrille324 1 month ago
beter dan Maradona en Pele
Ik ben niet Nederlands
juantequila100 1 month ago
PROUD TO BE DUTCH !!
xFootball2011x 1 month ago
Todo un genio!
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8020dodi 1 month ago
2:12 He does the cruyff turn so well
stevinho98 1 month ago
@stevinho98 Thats because he invented it.. haha Anyways PROUD TO BE DUTCH !
xFootball2011x 1 month ago
What i like about his ball control is that you always feel he s taken a touch too many, and probably the defender thinks as well, that s when they lunge and he leaves them for dead
om82lndn 1 month ago
@om82lndn thats what makes different his dribbling, sometimes long controls may work better than short ones, cuz the defenders cant c a pattern to decipher the next move, johan surely know how to use his speed
lindo222222 1 month ago
JOHAN CRUYFF ERES EL MAS GRANDE DE LA HISTORIA
Elrojo351 2 months ago
best of all time
1 maradona
2 messi
3 cruyf
4 ronaldinho
5 zidane
sadcommunity 2 months ago
@sadcommunity
I agree with 4 of them. Shorly George Best or Eusebio were better than Ronaldinho?
FootballJudgey94 1 month ago
@sadcommunity Cruyff is definitely better than Messi. He makes Messi look slow.
Lemonskill77 1 month ago
song?
DEEpkvid 2 months ago
Messi reminds me of all this past legends like Maradona,cryuff,george best, garrincha n many others is just that messes dribbling is a bit different wen he dribbles it looks like he has the ball glued to his feet!! BUT ALL THIS LEGENDS SHOW HOW FOOTBALL IS PLAY!!
1234567894675 2 months ago
to me, half of the highlights look like terrible defending more than skill.. for example at 0:51 seconds, who the hells just runs at a player like that in their own box?
92jiv 2 months ago
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Amazing...
okkietroy 2 months ago
its really great pls upload more videos like this
premzola123 2 months ago
what a legend
SpecialOpsNox 2 months ago
Greatest footballer ever to play
ThePupstar14 2 months ago in playlist ThePupstar14's favorites
Best European football player ever!!
I rate him higher than Beckenbauer, Puskas, Zidane, and Eusebio.
And probably one of the 5 greatest players ever.
1. Maradona
2. Ronaldo (the real Ronaldo, not Cristiano)
3. Cruyff
4. Messi
5. Pele or Di Stefano (I'm too young and haven't seen too much of either of them, so I'm just rating them based on what I have seen)
SquallHeartnet 2 months ago
@SquallHeartnet I'm sure Messi can and WILL go on to surpass Maradona in the future, but let's just wait and see.
For me, all Messi lacks right now is the World Cup. If he manages to win the World Cup at some point in his career, he'll be the no 1 imo.
SquallHeartnet 2 months ago
@SquallHeartnet
In my view,
The God : Pele, Maradona, Ronaldo(before serious injury)
highest in human being : Ronaldo(after serious injury), Cruyff, Messi
moneyfighter 2 months ago
@moneyfighter It's hard to say really. I mean how many full games week in week out have you seen of pele? It's hard to compare then from now if you ask me. Not only does football change but you can't really give a true opinion from 5 min youtube clips. They are all legends from different eras. But football changes, the boots, the pitches, the amount of space players are given, etc.
Hydro2oo9 1 month ago
So I'm not the only one that thinks that Messi is more like a pocket version of Cruyff rather than Maradona II
Nerifes 2 months ago
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1234567894675 2 months ago
he plays a lot like messi
stevinho98 2 months ago
@stevinho98 no, messi plays like him :)
dkdadlh 2 months ago
i expected more..
CrZenTos 2 months ago
This Guy Is A Genious <3
axellofficiel 2 months ago
Players looked so gay back in the 90's soccer o_O
ItsTheRealHoudini 2 months ago
@ItsTheRealHoudini this is the 70s and everyone would look gay with those shorts thats not the point, the point is that this guy is one of the greatest players ever and btw its football not soccer.
ElGeneral444 2 months ago
@ElGeneral444 I know it's football , I came from Europe too, but I've been living in US for a long time.. and g ot used to "soccer".And yes,the shorts are the problem,and yes the guy is brilliant
ItsTheRealHoudini 2 months ago
@ItsTheRealHoudini alright, alright
ElGeneral444 2 months ago
@ItsTheRealHoudini Don't allow people to censor what you write. Most of the English people world call the spoert soccer and call it soccer if you want to. Bullying to call it football is just a form of language fascism. I call it soccer as well so yah boo sucks to the fascists.
tigerarmyrule 2 months ago
@osopolar....socrates!!!....
creepymuck 2 months ago
adoro o futebol holandês ! futebol arte !
thejosecarloss2 2 months ago
some of these defenders are jokers, great player though
JavierNathaniel 2 months ago
Brilliant....One of the Greatest.......
jcw001 2 months ago
Is he on the Classic XI for fifa?
102293 2 months ago
@102293 yes
blueslash23 2 months ago
And here is the master! To my taste: Cruyff, Socrates, Zidane... The best players of all time. Skill, speed, elegance and panache...
osopolar720 2 months ago
one of the best legends ever nice video
luciano6207 2 months ago
back then you can't dives and receive no red card like now days.....
meetjoblak 2 months ago
@MegaMembership no , not mad , and no , no current psv player did that , but i took psv as an aexample , the top players of the world who play for top teams do . messie rooney ronaldo etc are in the national team and play almost all matches . i checked psv as example as i know where to get that info , last year i heard the exact stats bout dirk kuijt , he did an insane number of matches , the year that we reached the wc final .
isitcosimblack 2 months ago
To add to my comment my friend we now know that the assumed increase in athletic speed since the 70s revealed by World records is largely based on drug taking. In fact human athletic ability is largely identical to what it was. The idea games are twice as fast is frankly nonsensical.
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Considering he was a chain smoker, cruyff beats most modern day players, who could smoke three packs a day and play this well? No player today!
schotti2isSPECIAL1 3 months ago
ronaldinho is the dribbling master!! nuff said...
773AZTECWARRIOR 3 months ago
Fodauros!!!!!!
pedrachinesatube 3 months ago
overrated . messies level is much higher . cruijfs mouth is bigger then his legacy
isitcosimblack 3 months ago
@isitcosimblack Given that Cruyff's legacy is Total Football and La Masia his mouth must be pretty big to be bigger than that !!!! You prefer Messi. That's OK many do. However what you must recognise is that Messi will never and has never faced the constant knee high tackling and tackling from behind that Cruyff faced. The fact tis that life was far far harder for flair players then. Nowadays they are protected. To say any player is "much" higher than Cruyff is frankly wild exaggeration.
tigerarmyrule 3 months ago
@tigerarmyrule yes , you forget that todays players are all in abnormal shape , messi cuts trough oponents defence weekly , with his 60 some kilos , this video could be messi in slomo , besides , im dutch as cruijff is , and he always had and still has a big mouth . and in cruijffs time they played 1 match a week , nowadays they end up with 80 matches in 9 months .
isitcosimblack 3 months ago
@isitcosimblack 80 full 90 min matches? I doubt it. I suspect that if you compare Messi match time to Cruyff match time there will be little or no difference. You forget tactical subbing is a new thing. As for slomo much of the vid IS slomo so the point is irrelevant as is his big mouth. Not only was Cruyff every bit as good as any player now but he was every bit as good as Maradona and more elegant. IMO the best ever player. I like Messi my friend. A special player....so was Cruyff.
tigerarmyrule 3 months ago
@tigerarmyrule you doubt it . . . . go check facts before you want to put up 'doubt ' as an argument , todays scedules ae nearly twice the amount , fact , todays game is nearly twice the speed , and cruijf was known as a heavy smoker . i have to see this dick in the media every week , he is cocky , not very intelligent , and very annoying , he thinks he is gods gift to the world
isitcosimblack 3 months ago
@isitcosimblack You clearly dislike Cruyff which is fair enough. Todays games are not twice the speed and todays schedules are not nearly twice the amount. Domestic League and cup are the same, Successful CL is 14 games compared to 10 and with tactical subbing game time is identical. As I say you are entitled to dislike Cruyff but your dislike is leading you to state as facts what are only wild exaggerations.
tigerarmyrule 3 months ago
@isitcosimblack Yes it's true football game had changed over time , to more speed & physical , saying the game is twice the speed is ridiculous . But not to forget football was more rough & dirty compare to now . Back then if you were to dribble past the defender , you will get a hard tackle from the back , you don't get it now , do you ?
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@isitcosimblack Without Johan Cruyff , Barcelona are unlikely to have become the best club side in the world today . The Dutchman changed the entire philosophy at the Catalan club , recommending an Ajax-style youth academy be installed as he departed as a player in 1978 .
And without his influence , we may never have seen Pep Guardiola and all the other Barca players you had known now .
And not to forget Total Football .
MegaMembership 2 months ago
@isitcosimblack You're mad to say 80 matches in 9 months , normal footballer don't play that much (the most you can get is 50 matches in a year , definately not 9 months) , if you don't understand how tiring it is for a player to have played 2/3 matches in a week . 80 ? Surely you're exaggerating .
MegaMembership 2 months ago
@MegaMembership ok , since your denyin the obvious i checked , my team [ psv eindhoven] played in the seison 2010-2011 a total of 38 competition matches , 14 european matches , 8 national trophy matches and the dutch national team played 10 matches [ world cup excluded] this is 70 matches . the seison started in late august 2010 and ended in late may 2011 , this is 10 months , but we have a winter-stop in january of about 5-6 weeks . so they play this in a timespan of 40 weeks .
isitcosimblack 2 months ago
@isitcosimblack Name me the player which appear in all games for PSV ? Not all PSV players played for national team ? Neither will the coach risk starting his players for 70 matches ? You mad bro ?
MegaMembership 2 months ago
@isitcosimblack So do the players get "70" or ''80'' matches in a year ? Answer = No . They're human not some superhuman with super stamina and mentality to stay the their best for so many games .
MegaMembership 2 months ago
indeed he is a legned !
myceno 3 months ago
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myceno 3 months ago
One of the greatest in history!
MrWiesdom 3 months ago
Ownage/sick dribbling skills!
siuhsiung 3 months ago
yy yo que creia que cristiano o messi eran buenisimos este individuo es increible solo pele por delante de el
Alucard777iTzA 3 months ago
1:36 pato vs barcelona right ?
superundertaker99 3 months ago
Cleverer than maradonna is ... he was the best. And for Messi .. he has something from all of those players... Pele 's character and scoring ability, cruyff 's intelligence in the pitch and some of his movements and maradonna 's dribbling skills and speed.
MrAsetgraffiti 3 months ago
this is the real genius. Stylish top 5 best very player - no question. Great Manager - no question. Footballing innovator as a player, as a manager and as a football club leader - no cruyff - no Pep, Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta or mayb even Messi. True class
Boric78 3 months ago
he is by far the best dutch and european ever to ever grace football
ThinkingAgent12 3 months ago
Cruyff was my idol. I've never seen a perpendicular dribbling like he did. Messi is usually horizontal. Cruyff movements were beauty like a dancer. He was not the best with the ball (Maradona) but he had the best change of rythm, the highest speed. He played perfectly with both legs. It was so easy for him that the defenser loose the balance!. Defects: Heavy smoker, he didn't like to train very much. There is a young player in Barcelona very similar: Deulofeu
jlt1961 3 months ago
Number 1, then its Pele, then Maradona. Cruyff brought the playing style to Barcelona!
9myxamatosis 3 months ago
mys respetos johan cruyff
carlozproduccions 3 months ago
number 3 after Pele and Maradona
loongshort 3 months ago
"If I start running a little earlier, I’ll seem faster."
- Johan Cruyff
JtotheROC 3 months ago
@JtotheROC This is why anticipation is very important, if you know what is gonna happen on the field you can win a vew steps with starting the run earlier.
efr89 2 months ago
THE GOD OF SOCCER 14!
JP14TGOS 3 months ago
Messi copyied Cruijffs style
agsvisgoed 3 months ago
@agsvisgoed
Cruyff and Messi both got thier own unique style.
mago1094 3 months ago
@agsvisgoed Messi's style is even faster and crazier than Cruijff's, a bit more like George Best's, i think.
humbertojimmy 3 months ago
@agsvisgoed
Every football player is born with their different style of play.. This guy was a prime at his time.. Maradona was parime at his time and also Pele but now its Messi's turn. Messi all the way.
Guyninja0000 3 months ago
cel mai bun :X
tobybzz 3 months ago
his dribbling speed is fukin beauty
TheCrepCrep 3 months ago
the best number 14 ever!!!
ajax1025 3 months ago
14
Falcopelle 3 months ago
i hate barcelona but i have to admit, this guy is amazing!
MySophee 4 months ago
wawww SI QUE ESTE ES CRUYFF con razon solo pele esta arribe de el fue muy bueno 1 pele 2 cruyff 3 beckenbauer 4di estefano 5 maradona yo tambien coincido con la fifa
Alucard777iTzA 4 months ago
Thank you for this video, si freat Cruyff and the music
MauricioAE1 4 months ago
Magnificent athlete.
AnnihilatingAngel 4 months ago
fast thinking and impressive acceleration.. :D amazing..
kaiserdragon33 4 months ago
Nice compilation!
footballlover06 4 months ago
i have seen a lot of maradona games from a 12disc dvd box i have about him..I have only seen clips from Cruyff but i got to say that the most impressive close control and technique from the oldies had George Best and im a Barca fan since Ronaldinho..
Christian91201 4 months ago
1 pele
2 di stephano
3 cruyff
4maradona
badinho500 4 months ago
@badinho500 1.Pele 2. Cryuff 3. Best 4. Maradona
Da40cal 4 months ago
@Da40cal ok.....
badinho500 4 months ago
como se llama la musicaaaaa???? number of the song?¿?¿
enzodeguerra 4 months ago
Without Johan Cruyff, Messi and Christiano Ronaldo, would be probably play guitar now.
maketo20 4 months ago 2
technique Garrincha + double speed Cristiano Ronaldo with Ball + "CR9" = 1/2 to the dribbling Henrik Johannes Cruijff
THE LEGEND
David20092 4 months ago
Wow...Cristiano Ronaldo plays so much like Cruyff. Their dribbling style is almost the same.
cyberWarriorZ 4 months ago
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David20092 4 months ago
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Cristiano Ronaldo have got other dribbling !!!
Are you want to be idiot? what are you talking about? if you saw how the Cristiano Ronaldo game? Hahahahahahahahaha
Apropos the topic, so Cristiano Ronaldo style dribbling is the loser...
David20092 4 months ago
my favourite player of all time
SICKHEADCENTRAL 4 months ago
wonderfull,the best player ever seen
TheJordy1714 4 months ago
Juts to watching him play football, makes me go to go and play my self!!!!
Tenoch1 4 months ago
PROUD TO BE DUTCH !
xFootball2011x 4 months ago
that was it?? he is good but... come on!!!
KKRULO 4 months ago
@KKRULO lol what? that's it? running accros the field and go past numerous players isnt that easy bro, the technique he simply uses is pure magic, he made it look easy, changes direction with such perfect balance and ball control which makes him virtually impossible to defend against as he always has the extra second on you. He made the defenders look like crap.
PartyPooperX 4 months ago
Pele, Cruyff, Maradona, George Best, Zidane and Messi ... these players, in my opinion are the best in the football history.
MrAsetgraffiti 5 months ago
@MrAsetgraffiti heskey ??
pratystevie 4 months ago
@pratystevie and Emile Heskey if you want it ;)
MrAsetgraffiti 4 months ago
@MrAsetgraffiti Ronaldinho? Roberto Carlos? Mekelelele? I could name so many more footballers. you can't limit the best players the world has seen to a top 5 list, you just can't
coolPedro14 4 months ago
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i dont care who was the best in history!! im just glad in our time were watching some1 like messii!! who brought good memories of old legends, like the dribbling of MARADONA,N GEORGE BEST n scores as much like PELE n with a great finish like PHENOMENO RONALDO, with a vision like CRUFF or THE GREAT ZIDANE. he has a little bit of everything...LETS JUST ENJOY THE FOOTBALL THIS PLAYERS GIVE US..... FOOTBAL=<3
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1234567894675 5 months ago
Maradonna, Cruyff, Pele will always remain #1,2 and 3 of the 'old generation'. Messi,Zidane and Ronaldo(brazil) are #1,2,3 of the new generation.
Steamboatwilly123 5 months ago
@Steamboatwilly123 you are forgetting Ronaldinho
demencialchico 4 months ago
svi kraljevi nose 14 na dresu... najprije msm na Henry-a....
jebacnabaterijeful 5 months ago
para un poquito ariel, en argentina existion un jugador llamado jose manuel moreno, la bestia ledecian , jugo en river, era mejor que maradona, y yo soy Uruguayo, mi padre lo vio jugar y eh charlado con veteranos argentinos que tambien dicen lo mismo
laenzdaniel 5 months ago
@laenzdaniel Yo nunca había oido hablar de él. ¿Cuantos años tiene?
Hydro2oo9 4 months ago
which is the song ?
erexsis 5 months ago
@erexsis Alan Parsons - The Time Machine
Sgtpepperslonelyband 5 months ago