Dutch midfielder Johan Neeskens beats West German goalkeeper Sepp Maier with a penalty kick during the 1974 World Cup final in Munich. 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 finished the …
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Johan Neeskens, one of the midfield stars of the Netherlands’ “Clockwork Orange” teams of the 1970s alongside Johan Cruyff, has died. “The world not only says goodbye to a gifted sportsman but, above all, to a compassionate, driven and wonderful person.” Neeskens lost two successive World Cup finals. Rest in peace, Ajax legend,” the Amsterdam club …
