"I'll write the number up as well." "De Felipe." "Now, De Felipe, he's a sweeper." "Not a game maker." "He doesn't make the game." "He just sweeps up." "Hard, mean." "You know him, so..." "Really hard." "He's everywhere." "Clever." "But in general not a game maker." "He also panics easily. lf he doesn't know what to do, he loses it." "If he's no one to pass to." "But this one then, he is always mean." "And this one, only occasionally." "That's the difference." "Sjakie, this youth has a really good reputation but still he isn't such a great footballer." "Sjakie, you can do everything with a ball." "If there's anyone who can do anything out on the wing, it's you." "With Piet." "There's just one thing for you to do:" "you stay with him until you've got it." "Go on his inside, go on his outside." "Make him run about, you can do that." "You can keep the ball on your foot and get past whoever you want." "I haven't got so very much to say to Henkie." "Four-two-four." "Jan is behind, he is in front." "On the attack, you know what to do." "Together with Bennie." "Cover each other so you won't be taken by surprise by that quick display of those guys' four-two-four." "Amancio is the best one amongst them." "That is a really lovely footballer." "Reliable." "Jumps in where he's needed." "Handles the ball." "Is quick with the ball." "Constantly searching." "Doesn't just play for himself." "You get that sometimes with these sort of strikers." "Gentlemen the only thing I now want to say:" "The fitness training - why we did much and so rigorously." "Firstly:" "you can do it now after two years." "I've built that up." "So you've got used to it." "But this kind of football - cup football - and not league games requires not one second of weakness for two times three quarters of an hour." "Because any weak moment can be fatal." "Yes, any second can be fatal." "And a game has 5400 seconds." "Ajax-trainer Michels knows what he is talking about." "To have a chance against Real Madrid they have to get the best possible score for their home fans." "So far Ajax has played very defensively so the score has been 0-0 for a long time." "But now there's a bit more conviction and that's speeding the game up." "Keizer." "Still Keizer." "Ho ho ho, Real Madrid." "There's no need to go in so hard." "Ajax now on the right." "Henk Groot." "Cruyffie." "He's on his own." "He's still hanging onto the ball." "Cruyffie..." "Pity." "Tonnie Pronk." "Sjaak Swart." "He crosses." "No, he shoots." "Nice game." "Exciting." "Real now on the left." "Well played there." "Pronk." "Muller." "Nuninga." "Swart." "Swart." "What will he do with it?" "Keizer." "He crosses." "No one there." "Cruyffie..." "And a goal." "1-0 for Ajax." "Listen to that crowd." "But Real is coming back." "Dangerous." "And a beautiful goal." "That makes it 1- 1." "Pity." "But the interval will give them chance to get their strength back." "The second half." "Several times Ajax comes close to winning." "No no, no goal." "It was a handball." "Nuninga unmarked in front of the goal..." "That was the last chance." "It ends 1- 1." "A somewhat disappointed crowd goes home." "But several thousand look forward to the revenge and buy a return ticket to Madrid." "As you know we are flying to Madrid." "The flight will take around three hours and twenty minutes." "What do footballers do if they are not playing?" "They still play." "Henk Groot." "Bennie Muller." "Tonnie Pronk." "Sssh, Suurbier." "Cruyffie as usual way upfront in the forward line." "Everyone has their own thing to keep them occupied on the way." "But what's keeping all their minds occupied of course is the return match." "Doctor Rolink is constantly speaking to trainer, Michels." "And Ajax Chairman van Praag also has problems of his own." "Ah well, you can bet that there will soon be real Spanish fury in Madrid." "Ajax avoids the Spanish capital and has sought shelter in the village of Estoril in Hotel Phillip II, 1527 to 1598 where a day before the match a flashy Ferrari pulls up with Princess Irene and her husband and although he is from Madrid he is a good sport and visits the opponents." "Captain Bals introduces the players." "It turns out that Princess Irene who honestly admits that she doesn't understand football is supporting the opposite side to Prince Karel Hugo." "The princess promises that she will attend the match the following evening." "Optimistically the glasses of sherry and orange juice are raised to the pending meeting." "But we're not there yet." "First the grounds have to be tested." "As part of the War of Nerves Ajax may not train in the goal area." "But they manage with a couple of poles." "Anyway, we all learned to play football this way on the street." "Just 24 hours to go." "Amsterdam is in the minority here but they still have a good showing." "It's time." "The players walk onto the pitch." "Ajax led by Bals and Real Madrid by the veteran Gento." "Boy oh boy, what an atmosphere." "Ajax is going to have problems here." "The start is extremely friendly as usual." "No no, you first." "After the toss it seems that a referee should know the Highway Code as well as the rules of football." "This time Real has had to swap their white shirts for dark ones." "The first Spanish attack doesn't achieve much as Ajax's forwards have stayed back." "Michels has given the sign to let the Spanish do the attacking first." "And that's what they're doing." "Vasovic is an inspirational defender for Ajax." "As is Muller." "But Cruyff and Keizer are almost always up front on their own." "Again and again Madrid make quick attacks into Ajax's half." "Could we say that 3000 Ajax fans are having a wonderful evening here?" "Well, not really." "Henk Groot." "Back to Henk Groot." "Muller." "Keizer." "Cruyffie." "Keizer, he shoots." "Pity." "Real Madrid, now on the left." "Gento." "Boy, that man is quick." "Dangerous attack." "He crosses." "But Muller is there and that's the end of it." "The Spanish attackers come across a whole army of Ajax players at the back." "Including Nuninga, an excellent defender." "Keizer." "Keeps the ball in play, goes off the field himself." "What will that be?" "A corner." "Headed off." "Ajax are defending themselves well in Bernabeu's hell." "Spanish attack." "He shoots." "Well saved, Bals." "With this crowd you can only stay calm if you don't understand a thing." "Free kick for Keizer." "Onto Junquera's fist." "Back in the goal area." "Got it away." "There go the Spaniards." "Suurbier." "Hey... just a minute." "Real keeps trying." "One last attack before half time." "No, that's nothing." "Even though a 0-0 final score would not be enough the Ajax crowd are happy with that at the moment." "The second half." "Cruyff." "Nuninga." "Henk Groot." "Bennie Muller." "Out to the left, to Keizer." "Nuninga again, but he loses the ball." "There go the Spaniards." "Amancio." "And he shoots." "Wonderful save by Bals." "Keizer." "Keizer gets past." "He crosses..." "No, too low." "Swart." "Henk Groot." "Cruyffie." "Over the top." "Real is off again." "Good pass to Gento." "He crosses." "Easy ball for Bals." "Sjakie Swart." "Cruyff and Nuninga together." "Cruyffie offside." "And it hits the post as well." "All the Real players move forward." "But the Ajax defence masters the situation." "Keizer again." "And a corner." "Cruyffie takes the corner." "But the ball is played away." "Gento is totally unmarked again." "And there Pronk gets in well." "Hulshoff plays the ball away." "There goes Cruyff." "Henk Groot." "Cruyffie again." "That was a bit fishy." "You can say that again." "Again that Gento chappy." "Just let him slip." "He keeps the ball." "And Bals keeps it too." "Johan Cruyff." "Past one man." "Two... three... four..." "And then he loses the ball." "We're a quarter of an hour into the second half and the score is still 0-0." "Real now on the attack out to the right." "Cleverly played there." "He crosses." "Headed off." "But still the danger isn't over." "Gento is unmarked... watch out." "He shoots... and a goal." "1-0 for Real Madrid." "Well, you can hear it." "Now Ajax has to attack." "And that starts almost straight away." "The old pressure is off." "Everything is now focussed on the attack." "Sjaak Swart." "To Nuninga." "Back to Cruyff." "Ball back to Swart." "No, that's not good." "The crowd seems somewhat defeated." "But the Amsterdammers keep the pressure on." "Real often has to put the emergency brake on." "And misuse of it is punished." "Free kick." "Header from Groot." "And a goal." "A magnificent goal from Henk Groot." "Ajax has equalised Real." "Now anything is possible again." "Ajax is now fearless." "Swart slips through." "Keizer... on his own." "Oh what a shame." "On the terraces, it is now Ajax that sets the tone." "Henk Groot." "Shoot." "Crosses the goal." "Keizer keeps it in play." "The Spaniards crept through the eye of the needle." "And Real is off again." "That can be dangerous." "Amancio..." "What is he going to do?" "Veloso, shoots." "Saved." "And played away." "The Ajax defence are keeping their eye on it." "Hulshoff takes the ball forward." "Muller." "Henk Groot." "Through to Pronk." "Pronk takes the ball with him." "Pass that ball over, Pronk." "Sjaak Swart gets it now." "A duel." "He keeps the ball." "Passes it on to Groot." "But there is no need." "Time is up." "Same as in Amsterdam the score is 1- 1." "And that means extra time." "But first a few minutes to rest and build up concentration for the extra time, which is two times quarter of an hour." "The most nerve wracking moments from the whole encounter start here." "Especially for Madrid that did not expect this situation." "Keizer." "Takes the ball along the line." "Crosses." "Bennie Muller is knocked to the ground." "Yes, absolutely right." "That was an obstruction." "Free kick." "The Spaniards now." "Veloso." "Gento." "Back to Veloso." "Dangerous." "Nicely saved by Bals." "Rarely are times as exciting as this." "There goes Cruyffie on his own." "Swart... he shoots." "Keizer." "Cruyffie is unmarked." "Shoot, Cruyffie." "Oh, mother." "Oh, what a chance." "Suurbier then now." "Nuninga." "Failed again." "There goes Real." "That could be dangerous." "Veloso is free." "He shoots and a goal." "2- 1 for Real Madrid." "This means the end because Real will make sure they stay ahead in the remaining minutes." "However, Ajax has made a fantastic impression." "The Madrid crowd are the first to confirm that." "It's a shame that it ended like this, as the chances were there." "But no one should be ashamed of losing to this Spanish club." "Señor Bernabeu's club with it's six Europa Cups already in the show case." "What's that?" "A whole fleet of treasure."