Paris, Oct 7, 2024 (AFP) - Neeskens, tough midfielder in Cruyff's Ajax and Dutch teams

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2024-10-07

Johan Neeskens, who has died aged 73, was the powerful but smooth engine of the Ajax and Netherlands teams that created "total football" with Johan Cruyff at their heart. Neeskens was part of the Ajax team that won three straight European Cups and a key component of the "Clockwork Oranje" Dutch team that reached consecutive World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978, losing both. "He was worth two men in midfield," Ajax team-mate Sjaak Swart once told......

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