R.I.P Johan Cruyff
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RIP to him, that dutch team really brought a new level to football
ThaRealness
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RIP... The originator of one of the illest moves 
ThaRealness
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Its one of those years, man. Real talkYo why does it seem like sports/entertainment figures dropping like this to start the year?
Not a hardcore soccer dude but RIP
JOHAN CRUYFF was riding along.
The driver intended to go up Pennsylvania Avenue and turn right on Wisconsin to deliever the famous soccer player to WDVM-TV for a chat with Glenn Brenner on the 6 o'clock sports.
"Turn here," Cruyff said.
But, Johan, Wisconsin is four or five blocks ahead and that's the place to turn and . . .
"Here," Cruyff said quickly. The way he said it, his tone brooking no dispute, told you he knew what he was talking about. It's the tone you want from you brain surgeon.
But, Johan, how can you know your way around? You have been in Washington only a week since signing that $1.5 million contract with the Diplomats. This town is full of drivers who have been lost for years. Just because you are the Pele of the Potomac doesn't mean you can back-seat drive after a week.
"Too many stop signs up there," Cruyff said, dismissing the driver's reluctance to try uncharted routes through the labyrinthine footpaths that Georgetown calls streets. "I don't like stop signs. Stop signs are a waste of time. Here. Turn here."
And so the car turned on 29th Street and zigged and zagged whenever Cruyff said to zig or zag. And it came out on Wisconsin Avenue at a point where there was -- voila! -- no traffic. Cruyff knew it all along. He nodded back down a hill toward cars snarled in rush-hour anxiety at those rat maze stop signs.
"Better this way, yes?" Cruyff said.
Johan Cruyff: Dutchman Hopes to Make Soccer A Major Sport in Washington
The driver intended to go up Pennsylvania Avenue and turn right on Wisconsin to deliever the famous soccer player to WDVM-TV for a chat with Glenn Brenner on the 6 o'clock sports.
"Turn here," Cruyff said.
But, Johan, Wisconsin is four or five blocks ahead and that's the place to turn and . . .
"Here," Cruyff said quickly. The way he said it, his tone brooking no dispute, told you he knew what he was talking about. It's the tone you want from you brain surgeon.
But, Johan, how can you know your way around? You have been in Washington only a week since signing that $1.5 million contract with the Diplomats. This town is full of drivers who have been lost for years. Just because you are the Pele of the Potomac doesn't mean you can back-seat drive after a week.
"Too many stop signs up there," Cruyff said, dismissing the driver's reluctance to try uncharted routes through the labyrinthine footpaths that Georgetown calls streets. "I don't like stop signs. Stop signs are a waste of time. Here. Turn here."
And so the car turned on 29th Street and zigged and zagged whenever Cruyff said to zig or zag. And it came out on Wisconsin Avenue at a point where there was -- voila! -- no traffic. Cruyff knew it all along. He nodded back down a hill toward cars snarled in rush-hour anxiety at those rat maze stop signs.
"Better this way, yes?" Cruyff said.
Johan Cruyff: Dutchman Hopes to Make Soccer A Major Sport in Washington
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he had cancer at 68 years old...Very shocking news. RIP
anyways RIP, i remember getting this jersey cus i was a dipset fan
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Dude was a heavy smoker, even in his playing days. He cheated death in 1991 thanks to a quadruple-bypass open heart surgery (that shyt was a big deal at the time).
He quit smoking immediately but cancer never forgets... even 25 years later
He quit smoking immediately but cancer never forgets... even 25 years later
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Roovers410
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This thread is not pinned? Really?
Johan ....you will never be forgotten. Miss you !
Johan ....you will never be forgotten. Miss you !
Roovers410
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He is the reason Barcelona plays the way it does.
Like Guardiola said. Johan build the chapel, we are just adjusting it.
Like Guardiola said. Johan build the chapel, we are just adjusting it.
Roovers410
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Wanna know the reaction Davids gave 3 weeks later?
Roovers410
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I'm so fukkin annoyed by this sh!t.
Cruijff was no racist..he didnt care about skin color at all. He loved Rijkaard, He loved Gullit....he adored them..Cried for them when they won titles...this is so disrespectfull...
He had a education program called the Johan Cruijff foundation...It was all about minorities...
For you to bring this sh!t up....Fukk you!!
BTW Davids reaction was....
I never said Cruijff was a racist because he is not
Roovers410
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Come on COLI. this is a sports forum! Up this sh!t.