My Turn -

Johan Cruyff

Macmillan Export Ome

2016

301 páginas

10h 2m

ISBN-13: 9781509813919

Johan Cruyff is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history. Throughout his playing career, he was synonymous with Total Football, a style of play in which every player could play in any position on the pitch. Today, his philosophy lives on in teams across Europe, from Barcelona to Bayern Munich and players from Lionel Messi to Cesc Fabregas. My Turn tells the story of Cruyff's life starting at Ajax, where he won eight national titles and three European Cups before moving to Barcelona where he won La Liga in his first season, in 1973, and was named European Footballer of the Year. He won the Ballon d'Or three times, and led the Dutch national team to the final of the 1974 World Cup, famously losing to West Germany, and receiving the Golden Ball as the player of the tournament. While on the field Cruyff was in total control, off the field his life was more turbulent with a kidnapping attempt and bankruptcy. After retiring in 1984, he became a hugely successful manager of Ajax and then Barcelona when he won the Champions league with a young Pep Guardiola in his team. In 1999 Cruyff was voted European Player of the Century, and came second behind Pele in the World Player of the Century poll. In March 2016 Cruyff died after a short battle with lung cancer bringing world football to a standstill in an outpouring of emotions. A brilliant teacher and analyst of the game he love, My Turn is Johan Cruyff's legacy.

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Muito bom quando fica no jogador/técnico, muito chato no dirigente/"eu sei de tudo"

Um cara que marcou o futebol como jogador, técnico e pensador e é muito interessante ver como as coisas mudaram (algumas com sua participação/influência) do começo da sua carreira para os dias de hoje. O livro tem ótimas observações sobre o futebol (individual e tático, na visão do Cruyff) e o gerenciamento de um clube.

O problema é que o fica bem tedioso do meio para fim, quando o Cruyff acaba a carreira como técnico e basicamente vira um dirigente / crítico de tudo relacionado ao Ajax e seleção holandesa.