Johan Neeskens - World footballer

He was always and everywhere the crowd's favourite: at Ajax, in the golden early seventies, with the Dutch National Team and at FC Barcelona's Camp Nou. Johan Neeskens played to the rhythm of the crowd. When his name echoed through the stadium, he ran even harder, tackled even more fanatically, kicked and headed even better. "I always went in hard, with full commitment, and the fact that I sometimes got bruised didn't bother me. As long as you can keep running, you can play football. Even with pain."