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Just how GOOD was Johan Cruyff Actually?
New episode of a documentary series where I plan to present all the greatest players of all time and then give them a score so a ranking of the best players can be created. In this episode we take on Johan Cruyff, this legend rose to fame in a time with player like Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller etc, but how does he stack up among the greatest of all time.
Johan Cruyff was a master tactician, everyone knows that, but how good was he actually?
Was he the best ever?
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A couple: Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit, George Weah, Dennis Bergkamp, Jari Litmanen, Ronaldo (brasil)
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Paul Gascoigne Romarío de Souza Faria George Best Paolo Maldini Denis Law Roberto Baggio Éric Cantona Ruud v.Nistelrooij Pavel Nedvěd Alessandro Del Piero Jaap Stam Michael Laudrup Luc nilis
@@laziojohnny79 he already did a couple of those, see his list at the end of every episode with the grading.
@@korintheministries2020 Ah thanks, it's a new channel for me.
There might be players that outperformed Cruijff on the pitch, especially internationally, like Pele, Maradona, or Messi. But no one, absolutely no one, had so much influence on the game of football as Johan Cruijff. He revolutionized playmaking, he revolutionized positioning, he revolutionized off-the-ball movement. Then as a coach he kept revolutionizing the approach to football, to tactics, technical training, the triangles approach (what we call tiki-taka now). The video illustrates most of this, but people always forget that Cruijff also revolutionized the professionalism of football and financial aspects of the sport. He refused to wear club sponsor clothes because he had a personal sponsor, one of the first. He argued with the KNVB that internationals should be compensated. He argued for more bonus incentives for players. We can argue all day who was the absolute best player and never agree...but no single player has meant more for football as Johan Cruijff. That is a hill I will die on.
In his younger years he turned Ajax into a great national and European force. Then he made Barcelona champions and freed them of feeling inferior to Real Madrid. Then he lead Holland to becoming the best national team on earth. In his later years he made Ajax champions twice, went to Feyenoord and made them champions.
Overall influence can be challenged by Beckenbauer. Player, Coach and Executive. He also was an innovator as he basically created the role of Libero.
@@VCT3333 no way. bayern and germany copied ajax, michels and would have liked to copy cruyff. beckenbauer was great. no doubt. he said when he was second after cruyff in the ballon dor and was asked if he should have won it...he said no and being second to johan is not something to be ashamed of and even an honour...
these players were different perhaps buit did not outperform cruyff. they were perhaps even better dribblers but cruyff was incomparable also as a player. he was three players in one. striker, playmaker and as a wandering destroyer. all of excellent historic quality. He had the charisma that was unmatched. And he had something no other player had...a meta perspective on play and coaching...on football in short....no other player showed that individual class on the positions mentioned while also being architect on the field and making others play so much better (proved it at every team he played for). He is not to be known just by clips and skill shows. he was 90 minutes the ball magnet and did things never seen before.
You are absolutely right. These things are much more important to take into consideration than winning a world cup or setting a few records when deciding who should be the greatest of all time. Which is why Johan Cruijff should always be considered to be the GOAT.
Without Cruyff who knows if i and many would even be fans of Barça, transformed the footballing world for sure, great video bro
He was absolutey key to defining what football is today, we literally owe him Thanks for the support
When Cruijff joined Barcelona as a player and later as manager, they never won the Ec1/CL. There were a club like Espanyol. He as a player started the change with Michels, the famous Dutch coach. Then he won as a trainer the EC1 in 1992 with the dreamteam he build. Without Cruijff, Barca would have been just an ordinary club.
Smartest man ever
I think that you are absolutely correct.
He had the best footballing brain. So intelligent a quick thinking. He was absolutely sublime. Me and my father loved to watch him. Amazing.
Watching short videos of Cruyff is not enough, you should watch him for the full 90+ minutes. He did things that was revolutionary on the field. It was out of this world. Vision, playmaker, genius dribbles and first touch. It was crazy!!!
Can you please link some of them or give me some names?? Please!!
You forgot he can score and finish like striker too. I prefer cruyff playing in his era and became rival of leo messi
@@hussainabbas9578 on footballia you can watch full games of him
In his younger years he made Ajax a great national and European force. Then he made Barcelona champions and freed them of feeling inferior to Real Madrid. Then he lead Holland to becoming the best national team on earth. In his later years he made Ajax champions twice, went to Feyenoord and made them champions.
@@hussainabbas9578 Try Footballia.
The Gospel of Johan "If you play for ball possession you don't have to defend. Cause there is only one ball." "Experience. You’ve either got it or you don't." "The average of a team is determined by its weakest player." "If you give Italians one opportunity, they score two goals" "I am seldom in error, because I find it difficult to make mistakes." "The difference between right and wrong is often no more than five meters." "The simpler the better, because the fewer options you give to a player, the higher the chance that he will be doing the right thing." "I absolutely hate a player that moves, but doesn't know where to." "People say life is a flow. That's correct. When I tried to spit against the wind recently, it landed in my own face." "We did fantastic, simply because we couldn't do any better!" "Well, the ball has to go between those two posts. As a minimum." "Play the game as it should be played. Football is made for the spectators. They most enjoy seeing an attack, so you have to attack." "Am I dictatorial? No, I'm not, but the players have to do what I say." "I don't believe, because I'm not a believer, but I do think that there is something else and therefore I believe in the thing that I think is there" "Well, if you understood football, YOU would be sitting here" "I have got to be able to trust the people in my team, and they have to challenge me. I have no use for brownnosers" “I'm still convinced that the way that I do it is how it has to be done, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.” "If you see a player sprint, then he has started too late" (at Barcelona) “Before the match 22 players are praying, I never understood that. If there was a God and he would treat everyone equal, every match would end up a draw" "We started searching for the victory and then you always automatically find it.” "I wasn't there just like that when I was 17, falling out of the sky! I was there already when I was 14, stealing the bikes of Ajax' first team. I didn't look up to them, I knew I was going to be one of them, sooner or later." "Ajax is a fantastic club! If you make sure that you're in charge, otherwise it is impossible to work there" "I always take decisions myself. If at Ajax they tell me "You're too old" then I say "You don't decide that, that's my decision" "I've got an office in Barcelona. But you'll never find me there, cause I don't like paper." "Italians? They can not win from you. But you CAN loose from them." "Often something has to happen, before something happens" “Playing football is very simple. But playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.” "I love working! As long as it is work that I love ..." (on TV football analysis) "When I come home from a TV talk show, Danny (wife) always asks "what did you say?". Then I reply "For the life of me, I can't remember" "I'm always against everything. Until I take a decision, then I'm in favor of it. Seems logical to me ..." "A rich club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal" "It's better to go down with your own vision, then with the vision of somebody else" "First point, there is only one ball so you've got to have that one, but the essence is: what are you then going to do with that ball?" (at Barcelona) "Now there is unity, everybody does what I'm asking for. That's because they're not Dutchmen, that always say as soon as I take a breath 'Yes, but ...' ” "The time that I carried money is long behind me. I always bring my name and my face." "Misfortune is what you get with a negative attitude and luck is what you get with a positive attitude” "What do you prefer? One good elevensome or eleven good onesomes?" "You're not getting it? Well, if I'd wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better" "The dot has to be put there on the i where it belongs!" "If you're not there somewhere, then you are either too early or you are too late." "People have to drive faster. Then they are quicker off the roads and there are fewer traffic jams.” "If I ask you to show what you can do, you will show me. But then I also know what you can not do, because you're not showing me that." "Money that you earn after your 30th birthday is what you save. What you earn before is what you spend." "Coincidence is logical" - Johan Cruijff - 1947 - 2016
who actually read the whole thing
@@sarwansandhu-zw3py You can ask the same question about every other gospel ...
@@sarwansandhu-zw3pyI read and it's beautiful! Perhaps you can't feel the emotions for a legend of the game, but there are many people who do!
A true GOAT, revolutionized football as player and even more as a coach. He is the main reason why Barcelona IS TODAY Barcelona. His teachings and playing style are written right into the very core of Barça. Without him there's no tiki taka
Problem is that his moves are so normal now, that most people who never saw him play dont understand how 'new' that was at that time. Besides Dutch people, no one ever saw a Cruyff turn happen on live tv until WC74. Now i see normal defenders at low ranked teams perform Cruyff turns like its nothing. :)
Cruyff should really have 91, his physical speed was electrifying, and his speed of thought ahead of anyone else on the pitch.
Yeah, I have to agree on you, that his physical speed was during that era top of the class. It isn't fair to compare his physical attributes today's players.
@@MegaStara keep in mind that smoking a sigarette was not uncommon at the time for guys like him.
@@jeffw9465 unfortunately but true
@@jeffw9465 Btw if ur talking about that iconic photo it wasn't Cruyff it was just some random dude but yeah he probably smoked (Especially his opponents)
My favourite story is from his season with Feyenoord. After they had lost 8:2 to Ajax he entered the bus and said something along the lines of, don't panic it's only one loss we'll be champions in fact we'll get the double. And then they did.
Johan Cruyff was one of the topmost three 'Greatest Of All Times' football players, along with Maradona and Messi. His singular contribution of 'total football' concept to the game and his other coaching skills, puts Cruyff far ahead of the other two.
And the brazilian Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Romario,
Er no , Pele the greatest , he did skills the ball years before Cryuff did he did Cryuff turn in 1962 vs Juventus and Johan did it in like 74 , for Europe yeah but Brazilans was doings years before that
In a farmers league with fake goals that where from friendlies
@@gmain1977 no
hell nah. as good as maradona is, he was never better than pele and cristiano
The best the world has ever seen and will see, a genius in every way, the man who changed football.
As a real Amsterdammer, huge fan of Ajax and offcourse our Number 14, this video was much appreciated!! Thank you very much for your work! Greetings from XXX
Unbelievable player, Cruyff was everything beautiful about the game.
Give us a longer video of Cryuff. His influence in football as a player, coach and manager is the greatest there is.
If you a barca or Ajax fan this guy should be your number 1 above everyone else and your a fan of anyone else you should be thanking him for revolutionizing the game to allow your favorite players to well be your favorite players
big ups -- thanks for doing this one. what a transformative player and legend. I learned a ton and you're responsible for that today
His videos are HOF no lie
The control he had of the ball was nothing short of magic - can never get tired of watching it. He once said that you play football with your head because the ball is always faster than your feet. To watch him play really shows what he meant. Mentally, he was on a completely different level than others on the field.
Cruyff was my no. 1 football hero in the 1960s, when I was a schoolkid. No TV, no Net in that era - just the rare magazine article. But...the magic came through all right!
The Rembrandt of football. Pure art! A genius.
I love driving for work while listening to your videos you’re doing awesome!
Thank you for making these videos.
He gets a 100 out of 100 from me, just a sublime footballer.
He was not only a great player or coach but also a great thinker and the person who most took the game to the next level
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@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT amen
Thanks! Best Cruijff compilation so far!
Glad to see you kept going brotha
Keep it going dude great content !!!
Seriously anyone who doesn't like your vids shouldn't get the pleasure to watch !!! They are awesome!!
Had to cut out a bit at 3:31 where I described his incredible goal vs atletico, google it for real its insane
Nice attempt and sincerely appreciated. The essence about this genius is however largely neglected or just maybe impossible to frame: His unparalleled orchestration both off and at the ball. His ability to read the game three steps ahead.
just discovered your channel really enjoyed the cruyff video. Im not sure about the music you use though, sounds like im in an elevator! a tiny criticism, on an otherwise excellent channel, thank u
Great job! Keep up the hard work
Thank you! Will do!
His motoric skills fitted perfectly with Newton's Laws. So stunningly beautiful to watch.
Well done, thank you.
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it man
I adore this series,..
i think based on your categories and how you explain them i might have given him more an 85/86, but great vid!
I like the video. Great job. However the 6/10 for Speed phisique is incorrect though. His speed makes up for his phisique he was unstopable in his time. And there is no evidence that his phisique made him less strong. Tha would be an assumption.
Totally agree. A 6 is ridiculous. He speed was one af his killer abillities. His overall score should be somewhere in the 90's
Bro, I just discovered your videos, I am so glad you didn't give up, these are amazing! Great job
If cruyff played in the modern era of football then he would be like one of them players who could play any position winger, striker, midfielder and perform well
So elegant and ahead of his time, truly wonderful player.
For sure
I believe that people should start crediting him more as a player too. In the era he played, for me he's the greatest ever. The only two players in the same league as Cruyff are Messi and Maradona themselves.
awesome vid
I LOVE watching your videos man. Watched your for the first time about a month ago and I’ve agreed with everything until now lol I have a problem with 6/10 physically & speed.. deserves a couple more points I believe.
Thanks man, that's why I dropped the ranking system, it's impossible to get it right every time
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT of course, I understand that.. especially when you’re reviewing and doing research on so many legends it’s impossible to be accurate all the time..
Just a comment I wanted to put out there I’m glad I got a response from you 😬
@@Eg14Soccer yeah i get it man, dont worry!
There must be more video footage of Cruyff out there ,ready to add to this player's legacy. Certainly top 10. Maybe top 5. He retired too soon from international scene ,he spoke about the game being too violent for his style and we really need to see more of him to categorise him. Cruyff was the first football superstar in the 70s.
first together with lev yashin. Only players who left such impact on football.
Good soundtrack 👌🏾😎
My 2nd favorite player of all time, after George Best
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You make good football videos I've watched a few so far. You deserve more views
Thanks man!
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT good job!
Fantastic retrospective! Succinct, but gives a true sense of the J.C.’s life and his immense contribution to “the beautiful game”. Many thanks...and much luck with your channel.
The Legend of the Foootball!!! Great Backnumber 14 Johan Cruyff
Messi and Ronaldo are the monsters on the ball. Cryuff is the greatest of all time in the beautiful game when it comes to the sheer intelligence of the game.
No Ronaldo is a goal machine but in terms of beautiful football Messi and Johan are on the same level (maradona was closest to them).
@@topon4160 no lol. Messi never revolutionized football, neither did Ronaldo.
He was the best , football has seen and ever will see
for me the greatest footballer I have seen!
Great work, keep it up. I like the music aswell.
A legend .. rip !
Fantastic keep up the great work love it ❤
1996? You the history bro 🤙🏾
Very informative. Good job.
Thanks man, i really appreciate you
Great post! I would add "Two-Way" player to your ratings. This separates the offense players when they play more defense. Although, it's hard not to count goals for - which is very important to most forwards.
He transformed football. Barca is Cruyff’s team still today. Transcendent as a player, transcendent as a football thinker.
Bro make a video about rudd gullit plsss
Its crazy how much football has evolved over the years. The fact that a player as legendary as Cruyff would be a substitute player for West Ham in today's football is a true testament to that. Respect!
Lay down the pipe crackhead. He would be still considered world class today.
Football has not evolved. It has merely changed. To say he would be a sub for West Ham is plain stupid. Football has 'evolved 'into a non contact sport. Most of today's players would have the legs brutally kicked from beneath them if they tried their showboating skills before the premier league era. Football only evolves (ie changes) through rule changes, whether changes to offside rules or changes to fouling like slide tackling, tackling from behind, etc. This started in the 19th century and is continuing today. Do your research.
@@tulyar57 If you think Ronaldo or Messi wouldn't have slaughtered players from the 40s you are mentally challenged
Tusiquetienes un problema mental no tienes ni puta idea de futbol
Cruyff was a genius .....one of the best ever .....
In the top 3 all time alongside Best and Pele!
Not one, but the best ( that's what I think)
@@yousef6063 agreed. Jopie was the best
@@johnhughes8466 I am happy that you mentioned Best. It's a shame that not many know how unbelievably good he was.
That JAZZ 🎶🔊❣️
I do to ow if you’re taking suggestions for videos but... Could you do Puskas next?
Yeah ill take suggestions no worries I absolutely love puskas, the man was a beast, ill do one about him soon
Totalt football 💙❤ Johan Cryuf Legend RIP
Nice football great player
To the maker of this video - you are doing amazing work that shall be viewed for centuries to come... Keep grinding ! Maybe try changing your titles. As a young man I didn't even know these legends till I watched ur videos ! A suggestion - Try making such videos for upcoming talent too ! Cheers.. Love the rating system btw !
For some reason when I title them something else KZhead hates it and they get no views, its tough being a small channel. BTW regarding the upcoming talent thing: you're gonna love my next video, haaland!
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT Looking forward to that !! Keep it up budd !
I don't understand how Cruyff isn't more recognized as a top level GOAT, up there with Messi and Pele, etc. Not only was he revolutionary for his time, but he revolutionized the way soccer was played. There won't be another player like him.
As a Dutchman for me Cruijff and Pele are the GOATS. Bergkamp, van Basten, Henry....goats 🤠
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Great video,thanx,always a hero of mine,cheers...! ,,
Thank you
In football, there's a pre-Cruyff and a post-Cruyff. That's how relevant he was to how the beautiful game is played, even today.
Yes but Rinus Michels and Ernest Happel were important for the developement of Cruijff as well.
Cruyff was a maestro , a wizard . 14 was his number . A legend .
So good that Ajax would still be a small club and Barcelona would still be looking for their first European succes.
I see what you did here, posted this video on the 14th
Awesome video thanks!
You should do one on George best what a player
Quick correction: you said West Germany beat every team, that’s incorrect. They very controversially lost to bitter rivals East Germany
I was going to make the same point. It was 1-0 to East Germany, as I recall, and both German teams qualified for the next phase, which aroused suspicions that the result may have been agreed upon in advance. In my mind the Netherlands definitely had the best team in the world in 1974 (and in 1978) but unfortunately they didn't make it official by winning a final. Johan Cruyff is the best player I've ever watched in the flesh and I've seen a few top candidates - Eusebio, Pelé, Bobby Charlton, George Best, Franz Beckenbauer, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and others. JC is everything I would have wanted to be if I could have been a professional footballer.
@@gerrycoogan6544 I find myself reacting with heavy jealousy that you got to see even ONE of those legends in the flesh 😂 Johan is the greatest thinking footballer of all time and it’s not even close, very very strong candidate for the greatest player to ever live
@@cristiandelvillar3121 I often consider the merits of a footballer in terms of, "how good would a team be if all eleven positions could be filled by clones of this guy?" In my mind, a Johan Cruyff XI would beat any other "clone team" home and away every time!
excuse me bro, Zidane? where is his video. please make one. i love your videos.
i realy like what you do, but you should try to bring the pictures and movies according the years of appearance and not jump
Great video I always said he wore number 14 because he was as good as two number 7's put together. Genius player. Has a pre FIFA signature move named after him. Then became the coach who changed football for decades. Could you do Paolo Maldini next? My favourite defender ever.
Just because of him i want netherlands to win the World Cup its sad that a country with so many talented footballers never won it
3 Balon d'Or and 3 European Cups in a row is a unique trophy cabinet.
He roasted Leeds 😂😂😂😂😂
Had to be done 😂😂😂
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT dont blame you. how times have massively changed
The best ever!
You are making wonderful video’s , so the likes 👍 will come in by themselves!
I hope just such an actual videos..
He will be remembered by his words. Those words will be used for generations to come
The best ever JohanCruyff...Beckenbauer was a standing Football Player. but Cruyff was a Ferrari...Greetings from Dortmund
better then most I d say
The best player I ever saw play live villa v Barcelona late 70s Barcelona 2 nil up they took him off ten minutes before the end game ended 2.2
The differents between Johan Cruijff and the rest is that he make other football players better on the field.
The impact he had on society after WWII, in terms of following a rule set, was unmatched…it’s hilarious and proper how militaries converted their ambitions into becoming a European FootBall team, which is a much better way of determining your worth… 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
He is my favorite player of all time
I believe the greatest footballer, he was so progressive and forward thinking, attacking.
R9=👑 for me
Well, it's simple. There is this Special group and these names are in it, Cruijff / Pelé / Maradona / Ronaldo / Zidane / Ronaldinho / Eusebio / Messi / Cristiano / Best / Beckenbauer, these guys were and are in my opinion something special 'in no particular order' and maybe i'm forgetting some players but not much i'm pretty close i think.
I like your comment. These are all players who changed the game. But I think players like Pelé, Cruijff and Maradona made a whole team play better no mather what team they were in. I dont care how great people think Messi is, for me he will never be the greatest. Off course in my opinion he is one of the greatest. But I am not convinced that Messi can carry a team If that team is not built around him. But i love your comment. People like to discuss who is the best. But there is that special group!
@@cicerio1875 you are 100% right, i have the same opinion.
Personally, I would ditch the fat druggie, Maradona, from that line up and replace him with the exquisitely-gifted Alfredo di Stéfano, who walks into an 'all-time' XI.
@@alangeorgebarstow for sure Di Stéfano is one of them, but i want to mention many more players like, Alessandro Del Pierro or even Paul Gascoigne.(2 different worlds) For me what they (Maradona and Gascoigne) did to ruin their own lives is not relevant on how well they played football, so Maradona is 100% on that list.
Great players all of them. Cristiano and Zidane should be a step lower in the ranks and Messi is easily ahead of most of the mentioned players.
Messi and Ranoldo aint near this mans level, leaving teams and building up weaker teams..increadible
Greatest European footballer
The great footballer of all time.
Simply one of the greatest footballers in history!