Ajax history journey, Johan Cruyff’s cradle and that turns 125 years old this Tuesday

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She is Ajax, European giant with 4 champions behind themHe celebrates March 18, 125 years of history, change and heritage in a phase of rebuilding after life’s irregular year, in which he has accumulated two seasons without achieving the title of EredivisieCompetition leading after being in deadly positions in the last campaign. A legend club, cradle of so many myths, starting at Johan Cruyff.

She is Ajax of Amsterdam. Of Johan Cruyff. A Marco Van Basten or Dennis Bergkamp. Of Rinus míchels to louis van gaal or erik ten hagteachers in banks,

Celebrate by ‘Ajacied’ Club Netherlands As in the old continent, where he has accumulated 30 years without winning the ChampionsBut hoping and convincing the return to what a day in Europe.

The 36 league championships, the Cup 20 and 9 Super Cups in the national section, added to 11 international trophies, of which 4 European glasses are -three of them that have achieved in the middle of the golden age of the golden age of the JOHAN CRUYFF AJAX-, 2 intercontinental cups, 3 UEFA Super Cups, 1 European Recopa and 1 UEFA Cup raised the Olympus football at the Amsterdam Club, which makes a hole in the middle of the most –laureate in history.

John ‘Jack’ Reynolds (Manchester, 1909), coach of Ajax In three different stages (1915-1925, 1928-1940 and 1945-1947), he was the pioneer in adopting a way of work that gave continuity to the lower categories of a club, which adds to one of the teams that takes more performance out of his quarry like Ajax.

Reynolds. It aims to provide continuity to the play style and that young people who go to the first team will not take to suit it, implemented the same game system (4-3-3) for all club teams.

Despite this, it was not until the early seventy -the -zmsterdam resurrected their golden age to achieve three consecutive glasses of Europe.

Under the command of Rinus Michels, coach of Ajax (1965-1971), The idea of ​​offensive football that previously reflected Reynolds In all lower categories of the Dutch group, based on pressure after loss of ball, in a ball-owned defense and performing an offensive football along 4-3-3 to promote players’ mobility and find free spaces.

MichelsDespite the loss of the first European Cup of the Dutch team in front of AC Milan 4-1, place the first stone of a team to announce champion in the following years.

Two years later, in 1971, the year in which there was a historical change in the maximum European competition with the implementation of the double goal rule away from home and the penalty spas, the trilogy of the trilogy of Ajax In Europe, which will start at Michels and will end the Romanian Stefan Kovacs On the bench.

The ‘Godenzanen’, nickname that means son of gods, along with CRUYFF On the head, they’ll take their first European Cup (1971) after leaving teams like Glasgow Celtic or the Atlético de Madrid in qualified phases and the Panathininikos Greek, trained at that time by legend of REAL MADRID FERENC PUSKAIn the final Wembley (0-2).

The following year, the great team architect (Michels) toward Barcelona and Stefan Kovacs He was in charge of thinking of a challenge, to replace him, that he was far from winning two consecutive glasses of Europe (1972 and 1973) Inter and Juventus In the finals, respectively.

In 1972, with success in the European Cup, the team led by CRUYFF He won the National Championship and the Holland Cup, which became one of the best times in history.

Included Johan Cruyff As coach, the Ajax He won in 1986-87 Recuca, with a team, along with the Marco Van Basten and Frank Rijkaard in front (1-0 before the Lomokotiv Leipzig).

Amsterdam’s Fourth and Last European Cup to the day was achieved in 1994-95 under the Dutch coach command Louis Van Gaalwith the players like Clarence Seedorf, Patrick Kluivert, Frank Rijkaard, Edwin Van Der Sar, Marc Overmars or Edgar Davidsin front of AC Milan by 1-0 Thanks for Kluivert’s goal.

One year (1996) they played the final again, but this time they surrendered to JUVENTUSAfter drawing 1-1, in penalties (4-2). They have to spend many years to see the Ajax Very close to a final European cup, when during 2018-19, along Erik ten hag As a coach he reached the semifinals of the Champions League where he fell for him Tottenham by Mauricio Pochettino.

A team, where the Dutch is in highlighting Frenkie de jong, donny van de beek and matthijs de ligtThe Moroccan Hakim ZiyehThe Brazilian David Neres Or the Serbian Dusan Tadic Who was able to remove the Real MadridEuropean champion of the last three years (2016, 2017 and 2018), with the rotation of 16 which gives correction to Santiago Bernabéu (1-4), and the Juventus de Cristiano Ronaldo in the rooms, before falling to the semifinals before the TottenhamAt 96 minutes of the second leg at the Johan Cruyff Arena.

A performance that made some of Europe’s largest clubs become interested and took the best players of that group; Frenkie de Jong finished in Barcelona, Of ligt He sets up in Juventus (later, Bayern and now Manchester United) Hakim Ziyeh He went Chelsea (Then al Galatasaray And now he’s playing with Kay Duhail) and the goalkeeper of the Cameroonian André Onana, Canterano Del Barcelonasigned by Inter (And now he is militates to United).

That was the last great team ‘Godenzanen’ that was amazed at the world of football, waiting for that mysterious school of that Dutch, which brought a lot of joy to AjaxGet another batch of soccer players at the Amsterdam Club.

This period has competed in Europe League where he fell deleted in the twist of 16 before the EINTRACHT FRANKFURT German by a global 6-2, while in Eredivisie He is leader with 63 points, eight points above his Mang -persecution PSV (2 -2 with 55), with the aim of moving, earlier than the latter, that domain in the Champions League and announcing the champion after many years.

Source: La Verdad

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