Real Champs! Ruud Injured and misses the Golden Shoe…

June 17th, 2007 | By: Jan | 7 Comments »

At halftime, the Real socios were unhappy, waving their white handkerchiefs. Real was behind 0-1 while rivals Barcelona gave Gimnastic a run for their money. By that time, Ruud van Gol was sitting on the bench, depressed and injured.
And the 0-2 seems more realistic than a 1-1. Varela missed a huge opportunity for Mallorca in the 50est minute. But, from nothing, Real re-surfaced. Subs Higuain and Reyes took Real by the hand and led the royals to their championship. Ruud van Gol, the man Capello depended on had to leave the pitch in the 30est minute with a hamstring injury, but it the man on loan from Arsenal – Reyes – was able to score the equalizer after a Higuain pass. The same Higuain kicked a corner on Diarra’s head and the ball touched the net, thanks to goalie Moya, who pushed the ball over the line; 2-1. And in the 83rd minute it was Reyes again who secured the championship with a shot from the just outside the box. The 30est title was there.

At the same time, Barcelona showed it meant business away at Gimnastic. They created opportunity after opportunity and slashed their opponent 1-5, with goals from Puyol, Messi, Ronaldinho, again Messi and Zambrotta. But, this season took 10 minutes too long for Barca, who witnessed Real winning in the last phase of their match.

Ruud van Gol was a bit of loser, though… Due to his exit he wasn’t able to catch up with Francesco Totti… He stayed at 25 goals where as the Italian star scored 26. It was not to be for Ruud…. He didn’t become the fifth Dutch striker to win the Golden Shoe…

Pop Quiz: Which Dutch strikers grabbed that title in the past???? Hint: one of them is our beloved team manager, and the other one is still active on the European stage…



Related Posts



Subscribe
 

rss icon Netherlands World Cup RSS Feed

Print
Print this article
Share
del.icio.us:Real Champs! Ruud Injured and misses the Golden Shoe... digg:Real Champs! Ruud Injured and misses the Golden Shoe... newsvine:Real Champs! Ruud Injured and misses the Golden Shoe... reddit:Real Champs! Ruud Injured and misses the Golden Shoe... fark:Real Champs! Ruud Injured and misses the Golden Shoe... Y!:Real Champs! Ruud Injured and misses the Golden Shoe... stumbleupon:Real Champs! Ruud Injured and misses the Golden Shoe...

Comments
Username By Samuel Knight (Oudegeest) | June 18th, 2007 at 8:52 am
top comment
cornercorner

Makaay won it.

Posted from United States United States

cornercorner
Username By ferenc | June 18th, 2007 at 9:01 am
top comment
cornercorner

wim kieft,marco,makaay…

Posted from Hungary Hungary

cornercorner
Username By Jan | June 18th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
top comment
cornercorner

One more one more…. 1980-ish…

Posted from Australia Australia

cornercorner
Username By Caleb | June 22nd, 2007 at 9:41 am
top comment
cornercorner

I believe the other one was Ruud Gullit..?

Posted from Japan Japan

cornercorner
Username By ferenc | June 22nd, 2007 at 10:46 am
top comment
cornercorner

maybe kiest from alkmaar,in the early 80s? i don’t remember his first name…

Posted from Hungary Hungary

cornercorner
Username By goose | June 22nd, 2007 at 12:07 pm
top comment
cornercorner

And the winner is ferenc! (altough spelling not so good, haha)

Kees Kist; 78-79 with 34 goals for Az(67)

grtz

Posted from Netherlands Netherlands

cornercorner
Username By Jan | June 22nd, 2007 at 8:04 pm
top comment
cornercorner

Excellent guys… Kees Kist. He was an ugly mofo this guy… A typical farmers’ boy, big chin, big hands… Very strong on the pitch and a real killer. He couldn’t shoot the ball at normal pace or with finesse or placement. It was always as fast and hard as he could. That brings back memories. That AZ was probably one of the best teams I’ve seen ever… Jan Peters, Kirsten Nygaard, Pier Tol, Ron Spelbos, Hugo
Hovenkamp…
They played 4-4-2 and were a bit scuffed at for that. Tol, Kist and even Peters never really made it into Oranje. Only Hovenkamp and Spelbos…

Posted from Australia Australia

cornercorner


Comments are closed


 
Go to WCB Homepage




Send Your Tips!

Found a great story, photo or video that's perfect for World Cup Blog?
Email tips[at]worldcupblog[dot]org

Netherlands Club Football News

More Europe Blogs

Monthly Archives

closer
World Cup Blog