On April 9, 1975, Leeds United, then the best football team in England, hosted a match against Barcelona, the famous Spanish club, in the semifinal of the European Cup—the precursor to the Champions ...

Johan Cruyff is number 6 in 90min's Top 50 Great Managers of All Time series. Follow the rest of the series over the course of the next week. If you were looking to describe the late great Johan ...

There will never be another Johan Cryuff. Dutch monarch Willem Alexander called the former Ajax and Barcelona forward and coach, who died last week, “a Dutch icon,” who “belonged to us all.” The word ...

PARIS (AP) — Johan Cruyff, who has died at the age of 68, was a visionary, one whose influence on football left a legacy that endures. Here is a look at how Cruyff achieved his huge status within the ...

This piece first ran on ESPN FC on March 24, 2021 Written underneath the statue of Johan Cruyff outside Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium is the phrase "Salid y disfrutad" ("go out and enjoy"). It's what ...

He is technically superior to other strikers that have his height and he thinks and acts quicker than the players around him - and that all stems from his development back home in the ...