In fact, many people underestimate Van der Sar's historical status in the Netherlands and even European football.
This is actually normal. Both the media and the fans focus too much on the goals. Offensive players naturally attract more attention, while defensive players, especially goalkeepers, are often easily ignored.
As a result, its historical status has been greatly reduced.
But in professional circles, this is obviously not the case.
If you want to understand Van der Sar's status in the Netherlands and even in European football, you have to mention Cruyff.
The greatness of the Godfather of Barcelona lies not only in Barcelona, but also in Dutch football.
When Cruyff was coaching Ajax, he created a new goalkeeping concept. He adopted the three-four-three tactics, hoping that the goalkeeper would no longer just be limited to goalkeeping, but could better contribute to the team's all-out attack.
Keep service.
To do this, the goalkeeper needs to be able to read the game well, have an excellent overall view, and be able to pass and receive the ball easily, allowing them to become part of the team's offense and defense. The most subversive point is that,
Push the goalkeeper's position forward outside the small penalty area.
Subversion is to better serve the team's overall tactics.
Former Ajax goalkeeper Stanley Menzo was considered a prototype of Cruyff's experiment. At that time, in order to better help Menzo change, Cruyff specially invited Frans Hoque, whose philosophy was close to his.
Training Menzo.
The training of Menzo achieved good results, and then he achieved great success with the younger Edwin van der Sar.
Van Gaal and Cruyff were rivals to the death, but some of their ideas were the same, including their requirements for goalkeepers. Frans Houck continued to use Cruyff's goalkeeper ideas to train Van der Sar.
In 1992, FIFA officially passed the return pass rule, which greatly subverted the training and training concepts of goalkeepers, especially the emphasis on goalkeepers passing and receiving. This shows that Ajax has generations of
With his forward-looking attitude, Van der Sar also shined in this environment, allowing the whole world to see the standard of modern goalkeepers under the new rules.
Van Gaal, Van der Sar, Frans Hoque and Ajax reached the top of Europe together, and Van Gaal and Frans Hoque also brought Ajax's philosophy to Spain.
Brought to Barcelona.
Even now, Frans Hoque is still the authority of Spanish goalkeeper coaches. Many teaching materials come from Frans Hoque, which has trained Spain such as Casillas, Baders, Reina, etc.
Generations of top goalkeepers.
And all of this is based on what Van der Sar has achieved in those years.
In other words, it can be said that since the reform of the return pass rule in 1992, Van der Sar has been the template for all goalkeepers and set a benchmark.
As for the failure at Juventus, the fall at Fulham, and the subsequent re-emergence at Manchester United, all of these are just based on this foundation to further highlight Van der Sar's personal charm.
Many years ago, everyone basically concluded that Van der Sar would be the number one goalkeeper in Dutch history.
It is precisely because of this that Ajax pays special attention to Van der Sar's farewell match.
Ajax fans were also particularly supportive of Van der Sar's farewell match.
The entire stadium was packed, with more than 50,000 fans coming to witness Van der Sar's retirement.
Ajax and Manchester United are also very cooperative.
Starting in the evening, there will be a thirty-minute match between the youth teams of Ajax and Manchester United.
The sons of Edwin van der Sar and Manchester United assistant coach René Meulensteen both play for the youth team.
Next was a friendly match between Ajax in 1995 and the Netherlands in 1998, which lasted thirty minutes.
Finally, the Ajax first team played a match against the World Stars, which also lasted ninety minutes.
After that, all the jerseys, gloves, boots and other items tonight will be put up for auction online, and the auction proceeds and game proceeds will be donated to charities.
From this point, it is not difficult to see that whether it is Ajax, the Dutch Football Association, or Manchester United, they all attach great importance to Van der Sar, and it can even be said that they respect him quite a lot.
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After Su Dong arrived in Amsterdam, he received a call from Ronnie.
Most of the players participating in the World Star Team this time are former teammates of Van der Sar, with the exception of Su Dong, who was personally invited by Van der Sar. In an interview, Van der Sar said that Su Dong was his
The most terrifying scorer I've ever encountered, so he extended an invitation.
Finally, in the VIP room of the Amsterdam Arena, Su Dong met Ronnie, whom he had not seen for a long time.
The two hadn't seen each other for a while, but when they met, they immediately gave each other a warm hug.
"How were those two beauties that night?" Su Dong asked teasingly.
Ronnie became depressed when he heard this, "Don't mention it, I had already negotiated it, but after I got back, someone took advantage of me."
Su Dong looked at his depressed look and laughed happily.
"I don't care, I will definitely rely on you for this matter anyway." Ronnie did.
Su Dong was not afraid that he would rely on him.
Soon, Su Dong and the two saw the famous players from Ajax and the Netherlands, as well as the stars from Manchester United, as well as some of Van der Sar's former teammates, all of whom were old acquaintances.
Especially Rijkaard, Su Dong's head coach at Barcelona.
"Hey, Frank, long time no see." Su Dong walked over and hugged Rijkaard directly.
After leaving the Barcelona coaching position, Rijkaard also coached in Turkey, but his results were not ideal and he has basically stopped working now. With his historical status and achievements, he basically has no worries about food and clothing and does not need to be a head coach.
Hard work.
Rijkaard had long heard that Su Dongpo would attend and was mentally prepared for it. When they met, he was naturally polite.
Today's Su Dong is no longer the Su Dong who played for Barcelona. He is now classified as the number one player in world football. More importantly, he will only be 27 years old in September. In the words of the media,
There is at least five more years left in the peak period.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It’s scary to think about it.
Su Dong is not only at the peak of his career, but also has a long way to go.
Van Gaal and Hiddink were also invited to attend. Su Dong also knew the two world-famous coaches and exchanged greetings with each other. There were also some other former teammates, such as Ma Kai and Kluivert.
Van Bronckhorst and the like.
Among Dutch players, one attacker that Su Dong likes very much is Daniel Bergkamp.
Su Dong took the initiative to go over and greet the Ice Prince. He admitted that he had watched Bergkamp's videos and learned ball stopping and some football skills, and he really benefited a lot from them.
"I think your current stopping and ball-controlling skills are no longer inferior to mine back then, and have even surpassed mine." Bergkamp was also very impressed with Su Dong's praise and praised him in return.
"I think in today's world football, the only one who can rival you in this aspect is Messi."
Su Dong was also very happy with the praise from Ice Prince and kept thanking him.
Later, when Su Dong was chatting with old acquaintances such as Del Piero, Vidic, Rooney and Ronnie, he happened to see not far away, the usually unruly Belgian goalkeeper Courtois.
A shy little fan asked Van der Sar for autographs and photos, and also had a very lively chat there.
Assistant coach Frans Houck, whom Van Gaal had been unable to impress, soon joined the team.
This was specially arranged by Su Dong. He had already greeted Van der Sar and Frans Houck before. They all knew Su Dong's intention of bringing this young teammate to Amsterdam, and they didn't mind lending a helping hand.
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It's said to be a competition, but it's actually an event and a show.
The youth team's game was tied at 2-2. Van der Sar's son Joey made a mistake but received warm applause from the fans at the scene.
The subsequent showdown between the two classic teams won a lot of applause.
Especially when the two sides entered the stadium, the live broadcast did not introduce a single player, and the fans on the scene would wave flags and cheer, and the atmosphere was quite enthusiastic. In the end, it was Ajax in 1995, with Overmars' goal.
A narrow 1-0 victory over the 1998 Dutch national team led by Hiddink.
The more interesting part is that Cocu had a direct free kick, but it was caught by Van der Sar, and Ma Kai also had a header that hit the post.
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After the two warm-up games, tonight's event has reached the finale of the focus game.
Ajax vs World Stars.
Although Ajax's situation has not been ideal in recent years, there are still many players with good potential, such as center backs Vertonghen and Alderweireld, full-back Van der Wiel, and
There are Simon de Jong, Eriksen, Rodney Sneijder, etc., all of whom are quite good players.
The head coach of the World Stars team is Ferguson.
To everyone's surprise, this disrespectful old Scottish man actually took this opportunity to get revenge. When arranging the troops, he directly moved Su Dong to the central defender.
"Leo is not here because of something. We happen to be short of a central defender. You see, of all the people present, you are the tallest and the strongest, so..." Ferguson looked like I don't want to do that, but there was an obvious look in his eyes.
Hidden mischievous joy.
Everyone around burst into laughter.
"Sir, I am very sure now that you are avenging a private revenge." Su Dong was also happy.
"No, the main reason is that I think you are too comprehensive. Since you can play as a free agent in the frontcourt, you can also play as a free agent in the backcourt. So, don't feel pressure, you will definitely be able to do it." Ferguson smiled "sincerely"
road.
Isn't this an obvious attempt to avenge the massacre last season?
"Jazz, the Community Shield is coming soon, are you sure you want to do this?" Su Dong threatened.
Ferguson looked like I'm not afraid of you and kept nodding.
Everyone found it funny.
In fact, this was just a show. Ferguson took the opportunity to "revenge a private vendetta", which made everyone find it interesting.
Since his debut, Su Dong has always played as a center forward. I wonder what the effect is of playing as a central defender?
Su Dong looked at Vidic again. The Manchester United central defender must have listened to the coach, "I am looking forward to partnering with you as a central defender."
Every time I saw Su Dong before, he was tortured miserably, but now he is better and has become a central defender partner.
