Enjoy the Final of the 1988 euro between Holland and the Soviet Union in full HD, with Dutch commentary. Geniet van de finale van het EK van 1988 tussen Nederland en Soviet Unie in HD, met Nederlands Commentaar.
Saw footage of Cruyff as a kid, and saw a replay of the WC loss to Germany and became a Netherlands / Ajax fan instantly. In '94 when the WC was in the States, I was a valet at a restaurant in Dallas when a group of Dutch supporters came in for dinner the night before the game against Brazil. I chatted them up when I saw them and was pretty familiar with Dutch football via EA Sports soccer video games (I was always Ajax or the Netherlands 😊) and was asking their thoughts on potential starting rosters and the like and they seemed tickled that a random Texan was a fan. Turned out a member of their party was back at the hotel with some sort of illness and had told them there was no way he was going to be able to go. They offered me his ticket to sit with them, and I had the greatest experience. I had literally never seen soccer live, and this turned out to be one of the best games ever played. I swear I was walking on air for a week. Was heartbroken they lost, as the Dutch fans were just so friendly and fun. I was unaware of the singing and carrying on that goes on in the crowds of those games, and it was so different than the atmosphere at a random American sports event. Since then, I have continued to watch Oranje, and sport my National jersey regularly, and continue to hope that one day they will finally hoist the World Cup. I feel like no country has produced as many great players and not won it. Hope they win Euro 2024!
@@waxweazle100Hoe kan je dit zeggen… Dit was letterlijk het beste NL elftal ooit. Van Basten en Gullit zijn letterlijk 2 van de beste voetballers aller tijden en jij noemt ze slecht😂
Dit weet ik nog als de dag van gisteren, en ook 2021 staat in mijn geheugen geschrift. Op mijn verjaardag werd er opnieuw history geschreven. Nederlands eerste Formule 1 wereld kampioen.
One of the best sides I ever saw, this 88' Netherlands. Van Basten was the world's best scorer by a long shot, but Gullit was probably the best player in the world at that moment. What a delight.
As a 14 year old I was blown away how good this Netherlands team were. They came to Wembley an destroyed us (England)and also in this tournament what a fantastic team.
@@Tha-King-Arthur, no way that they were better than great players like Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard, Koeman, Vanenburg and Wouters! Only the generation of Johan Cruyff in the seventies was better than that of 1988.
Van Basten probably scored the greatest goal EVER on a european championship. EVER!!!!! The Netherlands were the greatest team back then. BY FAR!!!!!!!!!!
Ik was een jongetje van 7 jaar en keek het samen met mijn vader. Hoe mijn pa tekeer ging bij die doelpunten van oranje. Ik zal het nooit vergeten. En het feest op straat. Het maakt mij zo weemoedig....
I was 9 too. I was playing outside when the tournament was on. We were building a “hut”, hideout of scrap planks etc. But back then tv was analog and so everyone was having the same content at the exact same time. And then the roar coming from all houses at the same time was quite impressive as a child. Never experienced that again. Nowadays with streaming everyone is a few seconds different so you don’t get that massive cheer anymore.
I was born after the 74-78 totaalvoetbal years with Michels and Cruyff, but as a young impressionable boy in 1988 I fell in love with Oranje. Big moments I remember are Marco van Basten's hattrick against England, and the very tight semi-final against West Germany, with first a penalty to the Germans, then the Dutch, and then van Bastens goal at the very end. Both my older brothers were fans of Germany, but I stood my ground. Of course I remember this final, too, but even for a 7 year old it was a bit of a blur. I had fallen in love. To be fair, to be more precise, the effect was even bigger. Gullit, van Basten, Koeman, Rijkhard, Bosman and company didn't make me fall in love only with that specific team or subsequent iterations of the Oranje, but also with football as a sport (I played until U18 on a high level), with spectator sports as a whole, with the Netherlands as a nation, with Dutch as a language... the effect was profound. And I'm from Finland. Later when our own Jari Litmanen played a big part of his career for Ajax, it didn't exactly lessen my love :D I have since travalled to the Netherlands many times and learned enough of the language to be able to read simple text (can understand if I read a newspaper, unless it's about very complex issues), but understanding spoken dutch is still difficult. In 1998 I was heartbroken when perhaps the best Oranje I've seen (van der Saar, both de Boers, Cocu, Davids, Jonk, Kluivert, Seedorf, van Bronckhorst, Overmars, Kluivert, Bergkamp) lost on penalties to Brazil in the semi-final. And I had really really liked Brazil, too, since 1990 or at the very least since 1994, so I was a bit surprised with how dissapointed I was. It was perhaps the first time I was reminded of that one can only have one favorite. I really liked Tiki-Taka, too, and developed a fondness for Spain because of it. But I got this same reminder in 2010. I travelled to the Netherlands to see the final, I chose the student city of Groeningen over Amsterdam, to have a better, more intimate party, and I thought that I wouldn't be so dissapointed if Spain wins, because I liked their play, too. How wrong was I. It was an even bigger dissapointment than 1998. No need to talk more about that dissapointment, but it left a wound in my heart, probably very similar to what those older generations felt when experiencing 1974 and 1978. In the 2012 euro qualifications Holland and Suomi were drawn into the same qualifying group, but that was not a problem. I went to see Finland's home game dressed in Orange, and I made some friends (who were dumbfounded). It did not feel wrong to support a team against my home nation, which I love and cherish. As Finland has since become more of a contender to participate in Euros and maybe in worlds, too, it could be more difficult in the future if (and eventually when) they meet. I believe, that I won't be too dissapointed if my country Finland beats my team Oranje, but I may be in for a third reminder, that one can only have one favorite team...
Ik was 14 en kende de verhalen van altijd net niet .....uit spanning als jochie heb de helft met mijn handen voor mijn hoofd gezeten...geweldig om dit nog eens terug te zien op mijn 50ste ...
Для СССР это был матч упущенных возможностей - штанга, пенальти и промах в пустые ворота. Через пару месяцев уже Олимпийская команда СССР взяла золото в Сеуле!
на олимпиаде любители играют, а на чемпионате европы играют профессионалы, хотя за ссср так же играют онди любители, в СССР не было профессионалов. Так что сафт факт того что ссср дошел до финала - удивительно. Как будто дворовая команда дошла до финала
It is impossible to compare the Olympic Games with a European Championship. But indeed, the USSR were very strong and the Netherlands had a bit of luck in the final. If Belanov would have scored that penalty for example things might have gone quite differently. This USSR team was not lucky against the low countries, also losing to Belgium two years earlier after giving away an advantage twice.
@@elementone9454 СССР в полуфинале выиграли у звёздной Италии. В финале у Бразилии с Ромарио, Бебето, Тафарелом. Это по твоему любители? Ты думай сначала что говоришь...
Ik was -12 toen dit gebeurde, Ik zie deze beelden nu pas voor het eerst. Ik heb echt vrij weinig met voetbal. Mijn vader was hier wel bij maar die kan zich ook alleen nog maar de feesten en gekte erna herinneren en de kater de dagen erna (Mijn vader was 19 toen dit gebeurde) toch leuk dat het nou ook een keer heb gezien lol...
Respect en dank voor jouw geweldige reactie, je bent nog geen 15 jaar! WOW! Voor mijn generatie was het de afrekening/verwerking van het diepe trauma van de verloren wk-finale van 1974. Wat een ellende was daar omheen door o.a. de pers, manomanoman.
@@gilbertnuijten 2010 is en blijft nog steeds pijnlijk, 2014 en 2022 tegen Argentinië staan ook nog best vers in het geheugen. Maar voor een klein land doen we het echt goed!
@@gilbertnuijten Door die ene kans van Robben inderdaad maar al bij al was Spanje een maatje te groot. 1978 ook gezien? Daar waren we pas echt dichtbij met Rensenbrink op de paal net voor tijd.
@@peterkonings9084 Helaas niet, alleen achteraf. Maar die bal op de paal heb ik wel honderd keer gezien. We hadden vroeger thuis een videoband met samenvatting van alle WK van 1950 tot en met 1990. Elke keer als ik bij 1974 en 78 aankwam tijdens het bekijken deed ik net alsof ik in een andere dimensie zou zijn en dat toch ineens Nederland wel gewonnen had. Ik zat er tijdens het kijken als kleine jongen echt op te wachten dat het ineens anders zou zijn. Helaas nooit gelukt om in die andere dimensie te kijken 🙂
Great football times! The magical 1982 World Cup, Platini's and Maradona's finest hours in 1984 and '86 respectively, and finally that awesome Dutch team of 1988! Wonderful memories!
I really wish Holland won more (1978, 2010 WCs) and Euro (2000) (though France was its peak). This side was really good along with the sides of the 70s and early 2010s. More consistency like Germany would have done the trick.
Netherlands circa 2010s was decent, not less, not more. Not exactly a world beater (in a period where Italy, France were in decline and Germany was just building its team). Spain eventually beating them just proved that back then.
@@iqbalmuhammad2920 The Netherlands is not only 3 times runner up at WC's, but also among the smallest countries. Uruguay is the winner among the smallest countries so far by winning 2 WC titles in history a long time ago. After that, it never happened again. This contest is not for small countries. This contest is for big countries, with the biggest amount of money in club investments (also at amature level) and therefore enough to compete in the strongest competitions. I forsee it will become more and more difficult for small countries like the Netherlands to get along with it and reaching a WC final; it still remains a very small probability.
Och wat een tijd, echt bizar hoe blij iedereen was. Wat een feest, krijg er nog kriebels van en dan ook nog, vooral in die tijd, op de bodem vd vijand de titel halen. Mis het non modern voetbal, spijkerhard, sokjes omlaag, ongeschoren etc. Bedrijven hebben vooral met geld het voetbal naar de knoppen geholpen. Mooie tijd, jammer dat het niet meer terug komt.
Vedere questa partita mi fa piangere per 2 motivi: sono milanista e Gullit e Van Basten giocavano in quel grande Milan; il grosso di quell'Unione Sovietica era fatto da giocatori della Dinamo Kiev; ripensandoci adesso, fa piangere xké allora erano tutti "fratelli" e adesso si fanno la guerra.🥲
I was 10 and 14 years old when The Netherlands lost the worldcup finals in 74 and 78. Since then I didn't follow the orange team anymore, I was working when they won the EC of 1988. Unbelievable!
Number 6: Berry van Aerle. A great player and a very nice guy! He won a lot in his career: 1. European Championship 2. Europa Cup 1 (European Cup) 3. Eredivisie (Dutch championship): 5 times 4. KNVB Beker (Dutch Cup): 3 times 5. Johan Cruijff Shield Not too bad...
Ik was toen op de camping in België die vol zat met Nederlanders, je zag niemand op straat en toen de wedstrijd was afgelopen gingen we de kantine in feest vieren. De Belgen wisten niet wat ze zagen, geweldig dit. Dit team had in 1990 wereldkampioen moeten worden.
Let's admit Dassaev was a fabulous goalkeeper. edited because I watched the Netherlands in tournaments from '74 (eight years old) up until coming EC 24 (do the maths). It;s very, very rare to see them end on top, have my hopes up for this one ('24) as I think Depay is on peak form and we got some real talent in midfield. Let's gooooo Holland!
At 5:51 in slow motion the masterpiece where football takes its highest representation !! He stood still for a while rubbing my eyes thinking he saw a flash (of the big Van Basten)
@@love-vy1rynope, 15 out of 31 were from Dinamo Kyiv, and I remember that Lobanovskiy was heavily criticized for using so many players from his own club.
Group 2 was amazing, apart from England. Ireland played the Soviets off the park in the group and just couldn't get the 2nd killer goal. Then were extremely unfortunate to concede a freakish late goal against the Netherlands, in a game Netherlands had to win. Great tournament.
Remember this day well. Was 14. Had fish and chips. Went straight to Karate. Vomited at Karate. Watched this game with Dad wanting USSR to win because I was a fan of Dasayev.
I was in Utrecht at the time trying to get home - but public transport came to a halt because fans where jumping up and down on the roof of buses. Finally I did not care - all the pubs where a sea of orange and finally the dutch lion had conquered. I decided to get drunk like everybody else. Good times.
Die manier van commentaar geven. 'Deee beste voetbalploeg... ...vaaaan Europa... ...oooop dit moment.' Heel grappig, die manier van praten ken ik alleen maar uit de sportverslaggeving.
I remember after the match we went outside for a drive in the car ,It was like the whole city dressed in orange and went outside. I mean everyone! (The Hague ,Holland) walking ,driving in cars with orange bed sheets over them hahaha.
Same year VanBasten, Gullit, Rijkard won the European Cup with AC Milan with a 4-0 destruction of Steaua Bucharest. On their way to the final they also beat Real Madrid 5-0
