Football's Greatest International Teams .. Netherlands 1988 

The best colour. The best Football. I hope to see Netherlands winning the World cup before i die. Saludos desde Argentina.

I am Italian but that tournament gave me more joy than when Italy won. That Holland was a dream!🇮🇹❤🇳🇱

They deserved it so much to win against us..... i love the Netherlands.... greetings from Germany

I will always admire dutch footballers. Cheers from Argentina.

That Dutch team broke my heart when they knocked out Ireland in Euro 88. However, they were a joy to watch with world class players like Van Basten, Gullit and Rijkaard all in their prime. They were worthy winners of Euro 88!

I wish Holland would win the World Cup at least once in my life time.

Koeman, Rijkaard, Gullit, Van Basten...4 absolute legends!

This was, one of the best Generations of All Time.....Greatings from Portugal

Van Basten's goal was even more so sensational if you watch it in real time! I watched the final on TV, and simply couldn't believe it when the goal went in. Along with Maradona's 86 World Cup goal against England, and Dennis Bergkamp's strike against Newcastle in the Premiership, three greatest goals I ever seen in real time.

Brazil is my childhood team and my most favourite team ever. But, Holland is the team I respect most. We feel like crying when come to thinking that they(Holland)didn't win the World Cup that they should deserve to win when they have so many world class players. I pray one day Holland will win the World Cup. regards from Malaysia.

Marco Van Basten still my football idol, i remember 88 euro as it was yesterday, this squad was AMAZING, that's why i love Holland

I'm Brazilian but I'll never forget this team what a team 👏👏👏👏

THE MOST DESERVED TITLE BY ANY NATIONAL TEAM EVER! WHAT GREAT SWEET MEMORIES FROM THAT CHAMPIONSHIP! A BIG SALUTE FROM BRAZIL TO ALL THE DUTCHMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD! SUPERB CONQUER!!! AND FINALLY WON BY WHO DESERVE MOST IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL.

Kippenvel en tranen in de ogen. Gullit goal met zijn dikke zwarte dreadlocks, een fantastische goal van van Basten, en de penalty stop van van Breukelen. Wat een team. Wat een feest.

In 1988 I was in the Dutch army stationed in West Germany. Our stationary barracks were in Seedorff (a small city in West Germany) but we had exercises all over the border with East Germany. We watched all Holland games with many soldiers dressed in orange and when we won the final we went with more then a thousand orange dressed guys into the streets and cities surrounding our barracks.....this was a time I never will forget!!

From Glasgow in Scotland! How it was so good to see this country win a tournament.+They were brilliant...........Good luck to Holland in the future as Dutch football is the best football...

I barely know football when I was watching the final against Spain, I was 8 , my father introduced me to the land of Cruijff, Gullit , Van basten, he had seen those legend playing ....I wish I could see Netherland win a wc .....die hard fan from INDIA ❤️

It's always nice to see germany play against netherlands. I think the feelings luckily have changed over the past years, of course every side wants to win these hard battles, as games against the netherlands are seen as our international derby, but after the game we congratulate each other and can go for a few beers to discuss about the game further. It has become a friendly rivalry if something like this exists. Greetings from germany!

Marco Van Basten’s goal may be the most beautiful goal ever made in history of football...

I'm Indonesian. I always support Holland both in Euro and World Cup. I just feel so close to Holland because of the Dutch priests served in my home town. In memoriam Fr. Frans Luiten SMM and Henk Kalter SMM. Regard from me, from the Heart of Indonesian Borneo.

Best team never to win a World Cup. They had such brilliant players since the 70’s to the early 90’s

i love the fact that at the end he gave a shoutout to the players on the bench because they also were such a huge part of the team, awesome

Totally agree! the best football team ever assembled with the best strategy. Total football at its finest are far better to watch than any other system.

I remember this like yesterday. Cried throughout. And I have nothing to do with Holland (well, kind of), I'm South African. That's the power of this game for you. Beautiful.

Cruyuf, van basten, gulit, Rickard - what great players Holland has given to the world..all legends ..

Holland will always remain one of football's unique powerhouses in history.

Holland Football is the real football in the world forever n ever The Netherlands is the exceptional example in beauty of football.

Van Basten volley is for the ages. Timeless classic. My fav GK Hans Van Breukelan.

Of The World...Neterlands is Champion without a crown..

Gullit is such a great person. Even now he always says that if he saw Van Basten in front of the goal he'd rather give it to VBasten cos he was sure it would be a goal then. Very humble =) Missing Rijkaard in football. It is always great to hear him talk. Good man that. Great person.

Holland sure has the densest ratio of football legends amongst their population by far. Some really crazy players.

Always been an unconditional Netherlands fan Dennis Bergkamp was my guy...off course Ruud Gullit van Basten R.Koeman as well but to me Bergkamp was from another planet

Watched a awesome documentary on Bergkamp and his time at Arsenal. Whole of Arsenal were in awe of this man.

I'm Peruvian and this made me also a holland fan. Nice video.

I still watch THAT Van Basten goal in the final and still cannot believe it such a display of GENIUS!!! Best player I've ever seen.

All my life I have watched the Dutch. In 74 and 78 with my father. In 88 I was lucky enough to be in the Netherlands with my uncle when we won this tournament. The whole country erupted into the streets in a sea of orange. One of my fondest memories.

Marco Van Basten, De Striker Ruud Gullit, De transformator Frank Rijkaard, De professor Ronald Koeman, De sterke man What a Team!

I love Holland, been supporting them since 88, Ruud Gullit was me favourite player at that time then I saw Dennis Bergkamp after that and he just blew me away

I'm Indonesian. Most of the people in my home village sided with Holland football team. Gullit, Basten, Rijkard, Koeman and Breukelen are our favourite players.

I listened to what Frank Rijkaard said about Michels remaining calm, not panicking or criticising players after the early loss to the Soviet Union - I think a coach's reaction in those circumstances can prove absolutely crucial in the grand scheme of things and can help make the difference between winners and losers at the end of the day. I draw parallels between Rinus Michels back then and Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool today.

As a Brazilian I would say that Netherlands was the only team I feared to play against in 1990. Unfortunatly, some of Brazilian best players weren't in good shape and we had a horrible coach back then. Holland always give us a hard time in World Cups. Great team, great players, much respect. Van Basten and Gullit were players I wished they were Brazilians.

Soy mexicana y me enamoré del fútbol gracias a la belleza del juego desempeñado por la Holanda del 88 tanto en selección como en clubes era un delite ver y seguir a sus enormes jugadores., mis amores Ronald Koeman y Marco Van Basten. Gracias Holanda, saludos mundo.

Netherlands should have won 1 world cup. Its one of football's greatest injustices. If not the Greatest INjustice

The Nertherlands have always been providing platform for others to advance in football.

My fav team - Netherlands My fav players: Bergkamp, Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard

I had stopped playing soccer at 13. witnessing the impressive performance of the Dutch team not only cemented my lifelong support for Holland but also reignited my passion for the sport.... I ll never forget that year....Greatest ORANJE team !!!! Hop Holland.

Forever i am Holland suporters.. Best regards Flores man Indonesia.

I hated this Holland team when I was a school kid because they beat England 3 - 1 and Gullit was so scary because of how strong and skillful he was but now I appreciate how good this was...

33 years ago but i remember the party like it was yesterday.

I'm a Native Hispanic Californian who grew up where the Neighborhood shopping center was "Dutch Village" and Dairy Valley were all Dutch immigrants from after "The War". To watch the World cup and European teams in the 60's , 70's and 80's was always best with the style of play and the excitement the fans brought to the matches. Love the Orange...I'm Spanish but I want the Netherlands to win a World Cup

Italy-Germany-Netherlands footballing geniuses France and Spain are greatest students of Dutch philosophy

I am fan of Rudd Gulit and hollend . Love from Bangladesh.

Great players this Van Basten and Gullit. Great finishers and dribblers.

I remember very well those days, Holland had magic team❤️and they had a huge influence for my generation all over the world,we knew all the players one by one and we all wanted to be like them !!!

Van basten absolutely murdered us in the group game in Euro 88. He got a hat trick in a 3-1 defeat for us. Brilliant team.

Thanks to the Netherlands the football is better. Beautiful documentary, music, t shirts, football and over all a great act of justice with this country, team and his coach, the greatest Rinus Michels. In other thing, if you know him, write the music's author used in the doc, please. Thanks for all. Greetings from Chile.

One of the best teams I ever seen. I’m Colombian and my first love was Brazil 82 with Zico and Co. from there I always loved their style. I had the chance to see some of the greatest teams ever assembled to not win a World Cup. Since then Brazil (whom already were three times champions but 82’s squad was so deserving), Spain already won. I hope I finally get to see Netherlands and Colombia’s best generation lift the acclaimed cup before I die.

I was 6 when Maradona won a World Cup and made me love football, but I still don't follow any club or team. It was this 1988 team that made me Oranje Fanatik to this day...

If you Dutch knew how many fans Oranje has in Brazil you'll be surprised ! In my honest opinion, the great Holland team of 1988 will remain of one of 10 top teams of all time (Van Breukelen, Van Basten, Gullit, R. Koeman, Rijkard were outstanding players).

"Deserve has nothing to do with it" Holland of '88 were outstanding especially MvB and R.G.

I am Egyptian and I say even without winning Netherlands is greatest

The netherlands. Sadly the best country who never won a world cup... So close so many times.😥

Im hollam fan too from Venezuela from 1988 when i see for firts time play van Basten gullit a rickjar and Koeman

Here after you beating France im French but Netherlands have a great team! Love from France

wow i was 10 years old at the time ! holland was my favorite foreign team ! i admired them ! .the thing i like about them was all the players was playing with heart as one ! time flies mannnnn ! i am 40 years old now ... wow

Try to picture this. It's 98.Brasil xNetherlands.Semi-finals of the world cup.You're an eight year's old Brazilian.The side of your father's family are descendents of the Netherlands.Your father is a aficionado for football;he loves both teams;both nations.He organizes everyrhing for the game day to watch it with his kids.We all wake up early and the litlle city in the country of the great estate of Espirito Santo(Home of great community of dutch and germans imigrants)is just so damn silent it was kinda scary lol.The only places you would hear anything would be around the bars or probably around a field.Well we lived right in front of one of those.It was just mud;but it was to me at that time the best best on earth.Now..we start watching the game;we were like cheering for both;but we were indeed pulling more towards our Brazil(Ronaldo is my biggest idol;will probably be forever).The match was so exciting and we were so happy and all;idk what gave in to us;i think is the same thing when you watch a movie and start imitating it.We just needed to go outside;well to be honest i dont remember if my brother came too..haha I got outside and a feel of our neighbor came to play at the field in front of our houses;mid game lol i still;to this day;can only count maybe another 4 times i have seen my father that angry haha he scremed and shouted and man;that was something.When i got right in front of the house he turned my ear and kept it that way and took me right in front of the tv.I cried for a few minutes;but then..what a game.Edgar Davids;The Boers brothers;Kluivert..I used to play with then in winning eleven;so that was a day to remember.

1_ Brazil 1982 2_ Holland 1974 3-_ Hungary 1954 Best teams in history and three of them never won a major trophy.

Van Basten was always my hero. Such a silky striker....Good health Marco....from Poland

What a team! But what a team they had in the late 2000s as well. It's a shame they didn't win a title then. Their time will come again... Someday!

The fact they never won a World Cup just says how good football was in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s

I am from indonesia. 1988 I am 12 year... but I know all about netherland national team....

my favorite players 1 johan cruyff 2 Dennis Bergkamp 3 marco van basten 4 Frank Rijkaard

My earliest memory of watching football was Euro88. Van Basten became my hero. The Dutch what a great footballing nation. People talk about the great Brazil, German, Argentina, France and Spain teams but the great Dutch sides played football a think the way it should be played. Pure entertainment simple as that

Netherlands had to win that euro 88 . from 1987 to 1989 dutch players were on top of the game in every corner of Europe . psv ajax fc mechelen Milan ac. ..

In 2010 robben should have won it....i am still so shuttered he did his best BTW...the 78 finals 90th minute hit the post as well... How i wished Holland win a World Cup uefa euro 2000 semis i watched them and cried... Luckily 88 team won it...love from North east india

I was on a ship sailing into Hamburg the morning after the Holland-Germany semi-final. The Captain tried to start a conversation with the German harbor pilot and asked him if he had watched the game the night before. "Don't talk to me about the football" came the grumpy reply.

As a boy I credited van Basten as the big man. As a grown man I realise it was Gullit.

Marco's impossible winner shoot it's sooo crazy sick and never ever repeated that I would set it at the same level as Diego's goal of the century

Van Basten was such an elegant striker, so easy on the eye with his technique and deadly finishing. The Dutch should have kept Rinus Michels as manager for Italia 90. I can rest assured had he been manager, you'd have seen a Holland V West Germany final in that world cup. Two of the most world class squads in that era were the Germans and Dutch

Netherlands broke my heart in 88 with Wim Kieft's late goal against my country (Ireland), but I have nothing but respect for the Dutch, who are a great people! I miss the likes of Gullit!

The best team ever to have not won the World Cup. Were unlucky.

The England game was THE turning point of the 1988 European Championships for the Netherlands. Against the Soviet Union they had shown great promise but unfortunately didn't enjoy the bit of luck required that night in Cologne. It could be said that Michels took a chance by playing Van Basten from the start against England but fortune favours the brave. Marco Van Basten scored a brilliant hat-trick against England, of all the people the young Tony Adams had to play against...but little did we know at the time.

Agreat team...and also another thing about this team was the jersey they wore...such an attractive design...beautiful!!!best Ihave ever seen.

I am a big fan of Dutch football team. Hope to see them lift world cup in my life time.

Fantastic champions and a crack team. I recall watching this game live as a kid in India and totally amazed by these brilliant players

Van Basten was awesome

Sadly they were never credited enough , great players and a great team spirit !

Beenhakker's career did not go down in flames. Despite having problems with other teams, he did lead Trinidad and Tobago, a tiny nation of 1.25 million, to their first world cup, and set a record for the smallest country to ever qualify

And to think this team could have easily won the 1990 World Cup, Euro 1992 and 1994 with Cruyff as their coach. Also didn't help that Gullit dropped out of the 94 team and Van Basten was forced to retire at 29. This talent and team could have easily won these 4 tournaments.

The van Basten goal in the final against Russia is the most beautiful goal I've ever seen. And that in a final!

It's amazing how everything comes back! I was 18 then.

For me, 1988 team is Perfect. From Goalkeeper Hans VB, Defense in R. Koeman, MF in Rijkard and Gullit and Striker in Van Basten. All under Rinus Michels

Back then, it was very difficult to win a World Cup against the will of Fifa. And in both cases, '74 and '78, the Low Countries challenged nothing less the hosts.

I remember watching the '88 championship as kid and loving the Dutch strip, excellent kit and of course a superb, fluid, attacking side.

I remember going on holiday that year, every car with German plates got the two fingers with one hand, one finger with the other..."zwei zu eins", that was the real final.

i remember them, i was 10, and they actually made me a soccer fan since that

Holland And The Luck . Don't Mixed Actually Holland Greatest Country In Football and UnLuckey

I dont know if yall dutch but i am.. and im glad to see all the reactions. It gives me the chills

Should have two world cups won as well.

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