Anyway, here are finnster’s questions
(found here – http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dutch-football-a-bland-flavour.html)

1) Since 1980 in the European Cup/Champions League, as the only Dutch to have done this, what has Van Basten, Rijkaard, Cluivert, Koeman and Gullit in common?
2) Who (and when for a bonus) was the FIRST English Premier League team to start 11 non-British (i.e. no English, Scots, Welsh, Irish etc) players in a full league game?
3) Who (and when for a bonus) was the first Spanish team in LA LIGA to stay undefeated at home?
4) Which soccer player said: “The person that said winning isn’t everything, never won anything”.
and finally on the more intriguing side of the sport we all love:
5) Why, even in Italy, is AC Milan not called AC Milano?
6) What did a certain Bennie Muller have to do before every Ajax game in the early 1970′ies?
7)What happened to the US trainer in the 1930 World Cup semi-final against Argentina after he ran onto the pitch to take care of an injured player?

Finnster: A buddy of mine got divorced in Canada, She came into the marriage with nil, he with $70,000. They bought a house, he supported her through engineering school. When she finally got graduated and got a job, she left him (no kids)and demanded half of the appreciated house. He fought her in court, and lost everything . The lawyers were the winners. In Canada, men get the shaft. They are bled white. “He was heelemaal kaal kuplucked.” (You are going to have to excuse my Dutch spelling)

Thanks for the Swedish update Lerkot. I do agree that Jari thrived in the Ajax’ system and had trouble with other systems. Well, trouble…he didn’t shine as much. And it is also true for Ronald de B. And for Wim Jonk. And probably many others too.

Good luck to him, the world needs more players like him.

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Anyway, I know I am a tad late (got caught up in some unfortunate divorce proceedings in New Jersey which I wont recommend to anyone. If you want to get divorced do it in Holland or elsewhere, in the US your ex will kill you), but I wanted to post the answers to my last quiz and post a new one but somehow the site won’t let me dig that far back to copy my questions so I can answer. As my memory is fairly short, please someone repost the set so I can post the correct answers. Actually this time around there were more of a discourse which means people are taking this seriously and there is a nice set of discussion. I would appreciate if Jan/Goose or whomever is in charge could repost the questions so I can post the answers and my new set for the following week. Oranje did indeed look good though against a nasty Croatia side. Is it a one off or the future though?

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Litmanen was popular, but people were also laughing at him, since he seems to get injured in every possible and impossible situation. There was also some controversy because he was always healthy when it was time to play with Finland, and during his two years in Malmö, he played more games for Finland than for Malmö.

However, in his last season, he made one last great thing. Malmö was in a bad period and to make the atmosphere in the squad a bit better, Litmanen decided to bike around the arena while the other players were training. A photo:

http://sdsmedia.sydsvenskan.se/archive/00086/384-74-heamff02_86654a.jpg

He was an ideal no. 10 in that system, although funnily enough I think he was one of those players who was so specifically adapted to play a certain role (and were world class when they did), that when they moved and played in a different system their effectiveness did not seem as great.

The other player I have in mind was Ronald de Boer when he was on the right midfield. In 1998 I genuinely believe that during that WC he was one of the tournament’s best players. But when he changed clubs his impact did not seem to be as powerful.

Thanks for the memories Jari (and Ronald).