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Coupe des Clubs Champions 1972 1973 Real Madrid Ajax Amsterdam
Demie Finale Retour25 Avril 1973
Bernabeu
By
the time the two sides next met, in the 1972/73 European Cup
semi-finals, Ajax were on the verge of achieving what the great Real
Madrid side of the 1950s attained and that was to win three European
Cups in succession. Ajax
were playing a brand of football somewhat never seen before known as
‘Total Football’ – the origins traced back to Ajax coaches Vic
Buckingham (who also discovered Johan Cruijff) and Jack Reynolds, both
laid the foundations of this footballing philosophy and it was taken on
further by legendary coach Rinus Michels, who played under Reynolds. Ajax
were now managed by Stefan Kovács – Michels had moved on to coach
Real’s arch-rivals FC Barcelona in 1971 in this period of success they
were known as the ‘Golden Ajax’Ajax
took a 2-1 lead to the Bernabéu on 25 April, 1973 (Jose Martinez
“Pirri” again getting the away goal for Los Merengues), and it was on
this day that according to David Winner, author of ‘Brilliant Orange’
the greatest moment of Ajax’s ‘Golden Age’ was not a goal or a great
save. It was a simple piece of juggling by a player who had idolised the
legends which had graced the turf of the Bernabéu before him.
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