Michels, a general with humour
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March 2005 09.18 AMSTERDAMS - ever Rinus Michels that football war
said was and that has very the world immediately for where adoptive.
He was the general. It was the most famous pronouncement
of the legendary coach which had this way much more to tell.
Jerked from its link. I have been pursued twenty years
wrongfully. The coach died Thursday on 77 person whose birthday
it is age in a hospital in Belgium. If rock-hard, nothing
sparing coach, thus Rinus Michels stood all those years book.
Possibly that is action in latter days what was milder.
But also: a number, which undertook the microphone
spontaneously on parties and sang. Warm, dry, symphatieke
amsterdammer. Klaas Nuninga, first day to player in Ajax 1 in
Michels, said ever: ' I have always had the idea that the
character of people Michels did not tally with that of the coach
Michels.' Recht-door-zee, which were he, however. Largely
a year for the EK in Germany of 1988 he submitted its dismissal as
bondscoach. He disturbed himself too much to the attitude of the
' BoBo's '. The departure jumped down on the redemption money,
450,000 requested by the KNVB guilders. Michels remained and led
oranje to the largest success ever, the European title. That was
in fact the largest revanche. In 1974, in West-Duitsland
introduced Michels the ' totaalvoetbal '. Oranje made impression
with pressiespel, rising backs (Suurbier, caterwaul), flying tip over
(young blood), it hard, unscrupulous, but legendary midfield Neeskens,
Jansen, Van Hanegem. And of course the attack, mentions,
Cruijff, Rensenbrink. The reward did not come. In the
final of Munich lost oranje, of course flattered, of the duitsers
(1-2). In Hamburg 1988 became that put right. Oranje
covered the aartsrivaal now, however, on own floor. In the final
against the former Soviet Union the dream reality became.
Michels were themselves five times international. In the
season 1965-1966 he came as a coach at Ajax. He succeeded the
dismissals Vic Buckingham. The season, first complete, conducted
he are the amsterdammers to the country title. Ajax scored time
in that competition 122. Sjaak Swart, fameus drawer from that
time: ' Michels were the bests and strictest whom I have
known.' In 1971, he left at Ajax. He won four times the
title and one time (in 1971) Europe cup I. in the final became
Panathinaikos with 2-0 reports. Of ' 71 up to ' 75 Michels were
operative at Barcelona, tussendoor (1974) still supervisor of oranje.
Afterwards Ajax, Barcelona, loose Angeles Aztecs, Köln,
technical director KNVB, again bondscoach, Leverkusen and time still
one the Dutch elftal. The half final on the EK in Sweden was the
terminus of the coach Michels. After sentence shovels it was
lost of Denmark. That the general without peak stopped lay to
Van Basten. The absolute vedette from 1988 missed in Goteborg of
eleven meters. A typifying anecdote concerning people Michels
during its farewell tournament in Sweden. After a training
speaks to informally the coach the press. Suddenly climbs small,
Dutch ventje concerning the hek, draws Michels to the coat and calls:
' hé Rinus, can I a signature of your.' On what the
general answers: ' best boy, because you ask it this way lived,
gets you a signature of Mr Michels.' (c) DUTCH PRESS AGENCY
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