You could argue that the likes of A.C. Milan and Barcelona wouldn’t have achieved such greatness had it not been for the Ajax side that dominated both Dutch and European football in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s. Under the tutelage of the legendary Rinus Michels, the Amsterdam club developed the aesthetically-pleasing style of play known as Total Football that would be adopted by numerous future powerhouses. They also possessed its master technician in the shape of captain Johan Cruyff, a man so graceful that ballerina Rudolf Nureyev once said should have been a dancer. Alongside similarly gifted players such as Johan Neeskens, Arie Haan and Velibor Vasovi?, Cruyff guided Ajax to six Eredivisie titles, four domestic Cups and most impressively, three European Cups on the trot. Half a century on they remain the team against which every great side is judged.
ประตูที่ 3 ของเรอัล มาดริดในเกมเมื่อคืนนี้ทำให้พวกเขายิงครบ 6,000 ลูกในลีกก่อนที่คาริม เบนเซม่าและคริสติอาโน่ โรนัลโด้จะทำประตูเพิ่มให้ทีมเอาชนะเรอัล เบติส 5-3
