Memory Lane: Oranje’s 1990 World Cup campaign….
https://dutchsoccersite.org/memory-lane-oranjes-1990-world-cup-campaign/ Home » Oranje Blog » Memory Lane: Oranje’s 1990 World Cup campaign…. It’s a tradition I suppose. In the year of the World Cup, we do revisit the World Cups we have been to before… I realise I have started with the 1974 one, in this series… And I actually should have started with the pre WWII campaign we had… Later I suppose…. I’ll stick to the “modern times” for now. So here goes, by popular demand… What happened at (or rather: before) the WC1990. Well, it all started in 1988 of course. Van Basten & Co stunned the world. With Michels moving up from manager to federation official, former Feyenoord coach Thijs Libregts took the reigns . The ex-Excelsior and Feyenoord player had quite a reputation as a coach. Arrogant and authoritarian, he had a title to his name, but no one thought he actually won it… He was Feyenoord’s coach when Cruyff decided to avenge his departure at Ajax and JC (and Gullit, Houtman, Hoek...