He Won Everything in Football, Then Suddenly Disappeared.... The Frank Rijkaard Story
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
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Frank Rijkaard had basically everything you could want as a professional footballer, but just as he was going on a path that many would see as an “all time” career, he just suddenly dropped everything and disappeared from the footballing world. So today, we’re going to look at just how good Frank Rijkaard was, his life story, and what ever happened to his football career.
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Frank Rijkaard is truly one of the most unique all around and versatile players of all time. Fun Fact: Rijkaard, Zidane, and Cruyff are the only superstars to win CL as a player AND manager!
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Could you do a video on what happened to biggest clubs in Europe that fell down
Gullet
Hello raymar, hope you doing well.
If i may make a request, can you do a video about how good Inzaghi is?
Did Ancelotti won UCL at Milan as plauer?
Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Ancelotti, Frank Rijkaard, Pep Guardiola and Zidane.
imagine being top 5 of the best dutch footballers win trophies become a manager who trained 2000’s barca and still having no praise dam man guy give him lots of respect
yeah he’s very underrated for how insanely versatile and good he was
What do you mean no praise? He is still well-supported by fans of Milan and Ajax
Well said! Put some respect on his name!
Me and my mate we are in our mid 30’s and say this all
The time Pep gets the credit for everything Rijkaard did
Yeah people only talk about Pep
Met him once in Amsterdam. I told him how much I admired him during his days at Milan, Sampdoria and Chelsea and that I wish things had worked out for him when he was manager at my club, Newcastle. He gave me a funny look and politely said thank you and wished me a good day. Great guy 🧡
Indeed its gullit coz he managed newcastle aswell
Did you make it in newcastles?
Lmaoo, funny
@@Joshtera pls i might be actually asking
@@Human_traainwhen people say “my club” they usually just mean their fans or live in the city of that club
A truly great football mind! He achieved everything he could’ve wanted on the pitch as both player and manager
Exactly, shame he retired 32 while still in form and healthy, then dropped football altogether after a lot of early success as a manager! dont really see that, but going ghost is what he wanted
Oh he won the World Cup? No. Then he didn’t win everything he wanted.
@@AutopilotAndChill You must be fun a parties
@@dchocolate2499 I remember being a child and giving canned responses. Oh how I long for the days of my youth. Being ignorant and living rent free.
@@AutopilotAndChill cool man
A good dancer knows when to leave the stage both as a footballer and coach Rijkaad knew when to leave the stage... This is admirable, lesson for contemporary footballers and managers is that it's okay for to have and pursue other passions outside football.
interesting analogy my man haha, but very true for sure 🙏
@@RaymarFootball hi
Ronaldo could do with this advice right now. Bow out a legend .
Am seeing Christiano Ronaldo reading your comment 😏
@@bricktop. Ronaldo will be off to America next January. I guarantee it. He will want to see out his career playing in the sunshine, not the drizzle of Manchester.
If he does go to play for an MLS club, it'll most likely be in California or Florida. LA Galaxy or Inter Miami. Leaving United mid season would make sense, because the American season starts in March and runs until December. So he'd have two months to train for it.
Anyway, back to Rijkaard. The guy left football management too soon - not at the right time as many on here seem to think.
He still had another decade of management in him. But maybe he got so fed up with being knocked back due to the colour of his skin? - despite all he achieved as both a player and a manager. Perhaps people should consider this as a possible reason why he walked away from football.
As I live in Amsterdam, I saw Rijkaard regularly in the bars and restaurants in the 90's. Often with his friend Wim Kieft (Old player for the Dutch national team and for Pisa and Torino). He is such a nice guy. Modest, never an attention grabber. Nowadays I see him less, but he always looks happy 🙂
Saw him couple weeks ago walking his dog in the park... very modest indeed.
A great player and manager indeed
Frank Rijkaard didn't move from Suriname. He was born in Amsterdam to a Dutch mother and Surinamese father (who was also a football player)
Neither did Gullit, his father also was from Surinam and his mother Dutch, and he was also born and raised in Amsterdam. There were some more mistakes in the video.
Pep Guardiola rode to success on what Rijkaard built. Everything Barca achieved till 2015 was purely down to the foundations laid by Rijkaard. And what a player he was. One of a kind. We’ll never see another like him.
No offense to Rijkaard but the foundations for his success were mostly laid by Cruyff.
@@theperfectguy0998 hell naw
@@theperfectguy0998 all of the players that played under cruyff weren't there anymore when rijkaard arriveeld
What a load of shit!! Pep got rid of ronaldinho, eto’o Henry , Yaya toure and Deco. Replaced them by academy players , and took that Barca even to a higher level. The greatest Barca team that ever existed. All the respect to Rijkaard tho.
@@leobeenplakker6505 he knew those players cuz he had coached them in the b team a year prior, a job he got only thanks to him being a barca legend
It's all his choice he knew how to do and he knew when to leaves that's why he has a best career as a player and manager. He achieved everything he wants so know he is living his life peacefully
saw some post on reddit about how he still talks to fans when seen cycling in the netherlands!
@@RaymarFootball yess i see him almost everyday he is from the same country as me surinam and the Netherlands
@@quillyvdS
Ik hoorde dat hij niks meer ermee te maken wil hebben..
What happened?
Heb je hem weleens echt gesproken?
Ik wil dat graag weten.
@@maveldospallie9596 ja hij is een vriend van mijn vader ik spreek hem wel vaker
@@maveldospallie9596 hij heeft nooit verteld waarom hij is gestopt. En dat ga ik hem ook niet vragen tenzij hij er zelf over begint. Is niet mijn pakkie aan om het te vragen
Rijkards Barca was peak football, pure joy to watch them play. Such a dominant team. What a shame he stopped with football, retiring at the tipity top as a player and manager.
Many players turned managers would usually not stop with all that success, especially so suddenly. Interesting and legendary career
@@RaymarFootball Indeed, thanks for the great video. Probably he wanted to achieve everything in football and to stop and live his life as you said, mission complete.
MY FAVORITE BARCA COACH
that was rijkard's team, and pep, who is a really weak manager, took all the credit
@@nostraoffice1486 yeah , lol , weak team. Before pep , barca didn't win anythingfor 2 seasons. And after pep , they became the first team in history to win all 6 titles in a season.
"The Black Tulip" was a variant of tulips that was claimed to be perfect in appearance, making it the most valued and expensive if one was acclaimed. Makes sense that the historically Dutch phrase would be used for this legendary trio
Makes sense, thanks for the elaborating more my man! 🌷
@@RaymarFootball Pin this too, or atleast include it in your pinned post. It's embarassing you said it's weird in the video.
The Black Tulip was the nickname of Ruud Gullit, not the nickname of the entire Dutch trio at AC Milan.
There's only one black tulip and his name is Ruud Gullit
it's a weird nick name for three of them since one of them is white lol. in italy they were named tre tulipani.
Barcelona will always be grateful to Rijkaard as a manager. His arrival back in 2003 started their resurgence as a footballing powerhouse after a previously horrible season, bringing the likes of Ronaldinho, Marquez, Deco, Eto'o and Giuly along the way while also introducing young Messi and Andres Iniesta into the squad.
you probably didnt see how dominant was "Rijkaard" Milan with Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta, Donadoni, Albertini, Rossi (such a great goalie)Guulit and van Basten - same powerhouse. In comparision to Barca - they got absolute dominant defence (broke plenty of records) and offense
@@martinrovensky896 heroes of the 90’s!
@@martinrovensky896 he's talking about Frank as a manager...not as a player.
Most fcb fans forgot who's the one that brought the club back to his knee..
Not pep but it was Rijkaard alone
He was part of the Dutch trio of AC Milan which ruled football during his playing days. He will never be forgotten.
In those days AC Milan with Rijkaard, Gullit and van Basten was unstoppable.
One of the ABSOLUTE best defensive players....he was the tactical intelligence , the Leader that gave security to the center backs behind him ("They first need to get thru Frank") and the Frontline offensive players ("When I loose the ball, Frank Rijkaard will be there.")
When his team had a bad team, he was another world class center back infront of the defense line...but when needed he played like a offensive 8...
Behind Lothar Matthäus....the greatest 6/8 I was lucky enough to witness.
He was criminally underrated, probably the the most unique and perfect skillset for a CDM imo, not only an amazing defender, but could lead a counterattack, had great vision, and could rocket the ball into the goal from distance!
One thing you missed: At Barcelona Rijkaard he had Henk ten Cate as an assistant who disciplined the players, once Ten Cate left he had trouble keeping the squad in line.
Ye, ten Cate when Interviewed/or at a Dutch Program from Ziggo got questioned about his time there.
He mentioned he was the "bad cop trainer" and he had a good relationship with the players. Atleast from what I remember.
In hindsight I think ten Cate shouldve remained an assistant trainer way longer as most of his suc6 come as an assistant as his best time was at Barca and Chelsea (finals UCL barely losing due to pens)
Dope to hear that Rijkaard and Gullit were childhood friends, never knew that.
Back in the day it was a surprise Rijkaard became the Barcelona manager because the year before that he coached Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the results were bad and the club relegated to the second division for the first time in their history so he got sacked. But Cruyff saw something in him and advised Barcelona to take him anyway and the rest is history.
A great person living his own private life in the shadow of Fame never on tv never in public no social accounts the man Still has the attitude of the 80’s ..Love Frank Rijkaard❤
Rijkaard has been trained by several great coaches such as Johan Cruyff, Arrigo Sacchi, Rinus Michels, Fabio Capello, Louis van Gaal
Yes a lot of football knowledge passed down to the man
Also trained Ronaldinho at his peak! Although I don't know if Ronaldinho needed to be taught 😁
@@MN_2003 arguably his biggest criticism is failing to control Ronaldinho, the guy was talented but turned up to training drunk
Rijkaard-Guulit- van Basten! AC Milan & Holland! What a trio!!!
Managed not trained...the trainers teach them tech director planned it..under manager supervision
I always wanted a video on him!!!
Thanks for these mind blowning explanations about him
I’m glad I could share his story man, very underrated legend!
Your video make me remember when he was the manager of Barcelona great squad whith players like Ronaldinho, Messi , Eto'o... I m glad you made this video because i almost forgot him , i dont know what he became since then.
That was the start of a monstrous Barca dynasty! happy to remind everyone 🤝
Great post ! Frank played slightly before I began following European football. I didn’t know the extent of his great footballing career. As a Real Madrid fan, I was well aware of his time as Barca’s coach, and was kinda surprised by his abrupt departure. I can only surmise that he had nothing left to prove in football.
Im from suriname proud to say we had such a greAt player 🇸🇷
Shoutout to Suriname! 🇸🇷
Big up our country Suriname
Frank Rijikaard deserves more praise after watching this video
His legacy was awesome
genuinely one of the most underrated players of all time, his skillset for his position is probably one of the best a team could ever have. Physical qualities of a CB playing as a CDM who also had the touch/vision/shooting of a CAM.
Before this video
@@RaymarFootball Yup...he was great. I think he was the best Dutch defender. I can remmber the world cup of 1990. In the game against Germany he got red together with Voller. But i immediately new the dutch would loose....Because he couldn´t be missed and Voller could.
Frank Rijkaard was truly amazing, and it's not he completed dropped off football as he still came by FCB in 2017. That man is legend and love your videos!
Release another one I just love your videos man Keep up the good work 👏👏
I think "The Black Tulip" (Yep, it's weird af) is Ruud Gullit's Nickname
The nickname for MVB,Gullit and Rijkaard is known as "The Dutch Trident"
That sounds much better 😂 Thanks for that one my man, but regardless one of the most deadly trios in football history!
Amazing as always brother !! Always looking forward to your vids! Never disappoints!!
Thank you my man 🙏 means a lot, hoping I can keep making high quality ones for yall to enjoy
Great video. Yeah as a Dutchman, Frank is still beloved here... but looks like he is enjoying his early retirement that he deserve.
Can you do the comparison between the Milan trio - vs - Barca trio (or other combo). Gullit, Rijkaard & van Basten - vs - Iniesta, Xavi & Messi.
It would be the same
See some posts on reddit how he’s sometimes seen cycling in the city and is pretty cool when fans approach him!
You can't compare them, not the same positions. If you want to compare then it has to be Gullit, Rijkaard, Van Basten vs. Messi, Suarez, Neymar OR (Messi, Ronaldhinho, Eto'O). Iniesta and Xavi were not as forward and goal-oriented as Rijkaard although they played the number 8 and 6 positions better. Gullit was a number 10 and so you can't compare him with both Xavi and Iniesta plus Van Basten was number 9 so his profile is different from Messi who played as a roaming 10 and used a s false 9 sometimes. This is why Messi is so good and it's amazing he has been able to score all these goals because he is not a number 9-scoring is not his main focus. can you imagine how many goals Messi would have scored if he only concentrated on scoring goals?
@@yenkassa more then 30 goals
Rijkaard went out on top, I’m certain many players or managers, cannot say they have done so. He did as both a player and a manager. Truly elite talent.
He didn’t leave barca on top, check!
Always wanted to hear his story, great video.
appreciate that my man 🙏 his career was amazing and he is so underrated I wanted to remind everyone just how good he was
He remains my best footballers in the world, even today. He made me switch from Madrid to Barca as a coach, especially because of the brand of football they played and gave chances to various young players. My greatest
I just hope he is enjoying life with his family and staying away from drama online by either reading or hearing about it or being apart of it somehow in some random occurrence...amazing player and no one can deny it
I've always said Frank Rijkaard revived Barcelona, at the time Barca was finishing 4th in the league and fighting for a champions league spot. Guardiola is not a great manager he just inherited Rijkaard's team and in fact Guardiola made some disastrous moves that cost Barca dearly in the long run. I never saw him as a player but my uncle says that Rijkaard could play defense the entire game and if he was bored he would just go forward and so a goal at will.
I finally catched up to all ur vids now I’m on the latest ur stories are really good I would like to see a vid on van dijk or salah or any Liverpool players as I think they deserve it
Wow just wow, didn't really know about his early career, nice vid ❤️💯
I loved this dude when I was a kid but god damn Raymar, I had nooo idea he had it like this homie! Amazing vid!
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
He was first
Appreciate it my brother 🙏 I’ll keep on making better ones for you all to hopefully enjoy
I truly enjoyed this one!!! Never realized all the accomplishments Rijkaard has achieved… great video brother! Still waiting on Zlatan vid lol!!
Appreciate it brother Alarik 🙏 Yeah he’s an extremely underrated legend, probably one of the best CDMs of all time for how good he was at everything. That will happen I promise 😂😂😂 Man keeps on playing but when I make the vid it’ll probably be my longest (18-20 mins at least) haha
One of the best defensive midfielder the game has ever seen and honestly even in today's game there has been no one like him around that position. Top DMs from the past 20 years include probably Makelele, Alonso, Kante, Yaya Toure.... most of them are good at defensive task but not so much of dribbling or attacking. But this guy had everything and with such tall frame you could just imagine what a pain he was for the oppositions. He has won almost everything possible as a player, retired without major injury, and then won pretty much everything as a club manager. The guy is so cool to walk away from the game and just lives a normal life. Sometimes it's not a bad thing to know when to stop and enjoy other aspect of the life.
Where is edgar davids,patrick viera,van bommel,veron,redondo,ambrossini,gattuso ?
I'm always asking about his whereabout but thank God you explain everything.
Great work obtaining these footages.. he got mad skillz
very underrated! imagine those skills on a CDM today who could defend as well as he did
@@RaymarFootball tall, agile and goal scorer.. amazing video 👍love the footages
Thank you so much. Always wanted to know what happened to him
No problem my brotherman!
Wonderful balance and poise as a footballer. Classy and sophisticated on the pitch. I remember him well here in the UK from Channel 4's Gazzetta Football Italia coverage back in the day.
Frank Rijkaard is one of the most underrated legends in all of football. I'm still so confused how he isn't that recognizable in the footballing world.
Also, I recommend to make a video about the Brasileirao (The Brazilian league) anything about any clubs from it or the entire league altogether
Jack Charlton described him as pure gold and wished he was an English man. Until the European championships he had never heard of him and there lies his problem. He was not charismatic and stayed away from the press.
I think it's just a midfielder thing. When you look at some of the best teams throughout history, everyone harps on about the strikers and goal scorers when often times it's a great midfield that makes these great clubs
Amazing video! Love seeing Rafael Marquez whenever Barcelona comes up lol
I don’t know who you spend you time with but Frank Rijkaard has always been spoke of highly where I’m from. Everyone knows who he is and everyone rates him as one of the best ever. That goes for the kids coming up too.
Glad you did this video but he’s a world renowned player with a reputation that precedes him everywhere. He’s not a niche figure and no one has forgotten him 😂 (apart from football fans outside of Europe, Africa and South America who don’t know anything about the sport and largely ruin it anyway 👍🏻)
I enjoy your history on the great ones
Great vid. I would love to see a vid on my favorite all-time player, El Pibe, Carlos Valderrrama.
He was a football legend and he discovered a magician called Lionel Messi and that is also a big trophy for him and for the football fans .Thanks Frank Rijkaard for that and for the beautiful football.
I genuinely asked myself what happened to him just the other week. Great video
There's just something special seeing Dominant trio in variety of position and not just the typical LW,ST,RW. Ive always admired AC Milan legendary trio
amazing video like always Raymar.( can you pleas do a video about just how good was the Goldin Boy wayne rooney) he was a lethal striker at mun united
haven't heard this guys name in years
here to remind everyone of how great he was!
Top top great player and manager. A gift to football. Loved watching him in my youth at his perk at AC Milian with those other two Dutch wizards .best team on earth. Superb player can play any style and win. Thanks for the documentary.
Raymar bro I'm following you since 2018 love your video, i want to ask you something bro is that your real voice or Ai
Great video but would’ve been even better if you could’ve done some cheeky journalism into where hes at, what he does now etc.. the story was so amazing it needed abit more information towards the end
I expected a link or a drop down of sort to the video you made on Van Basten and the others mentioned in this video. I really wanted to rewatch the one van Basten especially
Can you do a video on Roberto Baggio ?
I will definitely have to continue doing more on the old school greats and he will definitely have one! 🤝
Class.
Just picked up an unworn pair of his diadora signature boots in classic black with white detail for my collection.
I remember watching him at Milan on Football Italia in the early ‘90s.
Superb player.
Merci for this.
I just loved Frank's concept of football, as Barca coach! Before Guardiola,....there was Frank! It was the first time i remember watching clockworklike football,....where the team played like Playstation.
Great perspective using VVD as a comparison. Football really peaked during the era of the galácticos and has never recovered. It’s become so athletic and stats-based that very very few players we see now achieve truly comparable historical greatness.
Really love your Video Raymar Football. Netherland never stop producing best talented football. But unfortunatelly they never get the world cup yet. But i believe in the future they will. Once again thank you Raymar football for your Videos. Really enjoyed it. Gbu
If he just decided to just walk away and leave everything behind, I can respect that. I just hope he is happy and healthy wherever he is and whatever he's doing.
Another thing with Rijkaard is hes a verry verry humble down to earth person , No controversies or bad image on and of the pitch , ( exept if your part of a german national team and your name happens to be Rudi voller . ) He took his time in the sun and moved on . if the passion is gone its the right disision .
To think that gullit and rijkaard father's came to Netherlands from a small place like Surinam together and each produced 1 of the best football player of their generation is kinda crazy
Imagine his successor at ajax in the late 80's was Edgar Davids 😁😁 a worthy successor 👍👍
great video as usual
my recommendation would be Eusébio
I grew up watching that great AC Milan side , there were so many greats in it. It makes what Maradona did at Napoli even greater when he managed to break their dominance for a couple of years.
I remember a match where Barcelona were strangely outplayed . I am convinced the match was fixed . A young Messi was taken out crying and i saw Rijkaard in tears too . I believe in Frank Rijkaard . His reasons for leaving the game is respected 🙏
Keep it up bro
Really interesting personality on and off field.. Heard of his name a lot as a legendary player.. But never thought that he made his name as a cdm... This guy was basically a premium quality jack of all trades... Quite possibly the best cdm ever?? I feel he seems to be more of a box to box midfielder.. Beautiful video and narration btw.. 🙏🙏
Yup he’s a VERY different CDM, he was a jack of all trades but pretty damn close to mastering them as well!! Best CDM is debatable, but he was the best overall and could fit in with any squad or formation
@@RaymarFootball I really appreciate how u allot your time to not just read but also reply to comments.. Thanks a lot bro.. Love from India🇮🇳
one of the most underrated players ever
Defensive mid who was fast, strong, good enough at tackling/positioning to play as a centerback THEN have the touch/dribble to play as an attacking mid, have great playmaking/vision AND can score his own goals. Extremely underrated!
Never underrated , far from it
@@MOOBOOSE no
It is unfortunate that mainly Barça and Milan fans are the ones who remember him. And even within the Barça fanbase he doesn't get his deserved recognition because his last 2 seasons were not very good. But they fail to realize he brought back the Cruyff philosophy and with Laporta and Ronaldinho managed to turn the club around completely, and then he built the core of the sextuple winning team, two achievement which imo makes him a club legend, because if we didn't have that rebirth in the mid 2000s Barça could've gotten stuck as a club with European prestige but not in the same category as the elite clubs and not become the footballing titan it went on to become.
Couldn’t have said it better my man, helped build the foundations that Pep would use to create a dynasty! Also criminally underrated as a player, man could play in any system/era/formation as the perfect CDM for a winning squad
Fun fact is that Gullit and van Basten are/was also football manager, without great success.
Because they didn't have character
fun fact; they also moved to the netherlands together and their dads were best friends
superb, was a hero of mine
His combination of Strength, Aerial superiority, Technique, VIsion, Leadership and both attacking & defensive skills has not been matched before or after him by any Defensive midfielder.. He really was the best Defensive Midfielder of all time!!
Was never a big fan of Barca or Milan but FR along with RG and MvB were a great influence on many kids soccer careers. Still do not know how the Dutch did not win a world cup with these brilliant players
Please do a video on Jose Mourinho covering his childhood to present day. Thank you very much!
Rijkaard is a under appreciated Player and Manager in my opinion.
Very under appreciated and extremely underrated! Easily a top 3 CDM of all time
good video and good voice.
Undeniably class player - except when he spat in Ruddi Voëller’s beatiful perm.
As a coach at Barça we all had this feeling he was very calm, then maybe just relaxed, well perhaps too relaxed… hey? Frankie? What’s that smell in your office?
Good vid, Rijkard does not get enough attention, he was as you say one of the best DM ever, he's better than Mattheus and Gullit.
Dang, first time I'm this early, keep up the great work 👍
appreciate that my man! 🙏 happy you came haha
Amazing video. Could you do one about Michel Platini
100% need to do one on the legend 🤝
I knew him as a player his potential but had no idea about him as a manager true legend
This man on the field was special it's okay if he bows out unnoticed it's ok😊🎉❤
I just hope he's okay & enjoying his existence & not facing some serious problem alone.
Yes he was one of the best in the world of football...we will forever missed him in the game of soccer.⚽️⚽️⚽️🙏🙏🙏
I lived In Amsterdam and used to see him frequently. He’d take his ‘son’ to the park at Amsterdamse Bos, he always looked miserable. Even when he had his family with him, he looked lonely and sad. You’d have thought that a man that had achieved all that he’d achieved would be a happier person, I guess we just don’t know what goes on inside the minds of the brilliant.
In the 90's I saw him frequently in bars and restaurants, often together with Wim Kieft, and they always looked amused. Saw him about half a year ago in a Amsterdam in a restaurant with a woman and again he looked happy.
No media accounts? Good for him! King Frank!!
I was about to subscribe but when you mentioned Aura I changed my mind
First football match i ever saw live was in barca on camp nou. He was the maneger at the time, and i remember barca won 8 - 0 and Ronaldinho made 3 goals !
Please make a video on Steve McManaman...
The first English player to win the UEFA Champions League with a non-English club in 2000, and the first English player to win the Champions League twice.
I always preferred the Rijkaard barsa as the Pep one, Rijkaard was the creator of the team and had a more direct game, Pep found a champions team and just fixed the drunk pieces, giving a style that personally I do not like: pass, pass, pass....The more aggressive game of Rijkaard was better for me
DAmn I didnt know Rijkaard was BEAST. What a player. good job Raymar. def hits different with out the back ground music tho. but still enjoyed your vid.
Defensive mid one of the most underrated positions in soccer
Dope dope topic can you please do a video about Vicente Del Bosque
Rijkaard ...Gullit...van Basten...it was during this time I started following AC Milan ...still my fav team.